Three years after Hurricane Katrina, Shelia's family found her living in Los Angeles, California, under the self-chosen name of Priscilla Elliot and working as a bartender. Sheila claimed to have no memory of her previous life as a nurse in New Orleans or all the lives she had saved during the hurricane. Sheila appears to have

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Sheila's situation is indicative of a dissociative fugue, a disorder characterized by suddenly forgetting one's identity and past, and sometimes embarking on a journey or assuming a new identity, as Sheila did by moving to Los Angeles and adopting a new name. This condition is part of the dissociative disorders category, which involves a disconnection between thoughts, identity, consciousness, and memory. The other options listed do not typically involve forgetting one's past identity or adopting a new one.

Three Years After Hurricane Katrina, Shelia's Family Found Her Living