Can ECT Change Your Personality?

ECT, Memory, and Identity In this episode, we explore a question I get asked often: can ECT change your personality? Drawing on philosopher Patrick Seniuk’s 2018 paper, “I’m Shocked: Informed Consent in ECT and the Phenomenological Self,” we explore how ECT-related memory loss may do more than erase facts — it can disrupt the felt sense of being the same person over time. We walk through patient…