In dissociative amnesia (DSM-IV), also referred to as psychogenic amnesia (DSM-III), the main disturbance consists of inability to recall personal information. Identity amnesia is observed in most cases. Dissociative disorder can sometimes be explained as a coping defensive strategy in subjects confronting a stressful situation recalling a situation that occurred during childhood (case JJ). Time of lacunar amnesia in these cases can be a psychopathologic cue. Recovery is possible and can be spectacular. Contextual cue (action, place, emotion) can induce recovery of similar scenes (or all recalls) of lost time, with autonoetic awareness and sometimes even instances of ecmnesia (case FF).