Question about time travel and consciousness in a simulated world.

What happens if you travel back in time, restore your consciousness from a backup and then return to the original timeline in which you did not travel back in time?<br><br>Is consciousness tied to the time flowing forward in the universe and returning from the past is only possible if you keep the consciousness of the future?<br><br>In other words: if you travel back in time, restore your consciousness from a backup and return to the present without the experience of the future, when you return to the original timeline, do you retain the consciousness of the future?