Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-5323230-20171221171957/@comment-5441128-20171225130153

Ninja72 wrote: Stryzzar wrote: Even if physically he is exactly Barry, mentally he no longer thinks of himself as such. Basically loss of identity for his old life due to the pain and grief.

It doesn't have to just be time remnants. Oliver sort of had a "that man is dead" moment if I remember correctly. Yup, like FireAngel Dragon said, they drove Barry mad. The Season could had been more from how they used Time Remnant and how he was mistreated.