What if you lost all sense of self? Identity, self-awareness, what makes you who you are; it is crucial to survival in this world. As humans, we need to be individuals unlike some living things that don't posses this quality.. this mental capacity. What if we as a people lost our sense of self; one at a time until all mankind was a wash of generic existence?

First, we began to seemingly choose to alter our future. In something akin to a mid-life crisis we begin to throw away our careers, friends, family, and everything else that makes us who we are. It looked harmless,but it's a cumpulsion that can't be stopped. An avalanche that is just beginning to turn this world upsidedown.

Next, we began to forget. Our memories were wiped away. Not all of them, but key events of the past dissapeared from memory. This too seemed harmless, but those memories are not just forgotten. They are literally gone and they no longer existed.

It continued, as we, chameleon-like, had our ohysical features change. Blues eyes were now brown and short people were now tall. The physical features that made us who we are were drastically altered. The blind saw, the athletes were crippled, and the world took notice.

In one final moment, the transformation was complete. The last event began with our language. We could no longer percieve the words I, ME, My, Mine, and any other word relating to who we are. Our own names are forgotten, but it does not stop there. Even when these words are found in another context they vanish. The letter "I" was gone as well as any words containing "me" within them. We couldn't remember the names of those who share ours and our names too were not visible on paper though others might see them.

This is the state of mankid after the collapse of self. Who knew that our lack of community and concern for all mankind would lead to nature or god taking away our "self". We continued inward in selfish pursuits and individualistic endeavours, viewpoints, and life choices to the point where we collapsed. You might consider it a biological safety valve, devolution, a virus, or any of a number of things, but one thing is sure. We are changed.