Difficult to forget?
The things I want to intentionally forget keep coming back and those that I would like to remember just disappear.
Is there a means of improving forgetfulness?
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Well, I don’t know of a way to enhance forgetfulness, but if you find out, I hope you’ll share it with us.
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I definitely will be glad to share
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I think the “why” is that whether a memory is retained or lost is heavily controlled by a subcortical brain region called the hippocampus. The operations of that region appear to be non-conscious, and the conscious parts of us seem to only have limited ability to influence it.
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I submit that forgetting things you’d like to remember indicates you’ve already mastered the art of forgetfulness; so I can’t help you there. But as to advice on being able to remember things, I’ve found that writing things down immediately in an easily accessible place (like a notebook, or a calendar app, or a “to do” list) and reviewing it frequently helps jog my memory.
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My problem is I remember that which I wish to forget and forget that which I wish to remember.
That’s, is forgetting voluntary?
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One of many of the inexplicable quirks of human nature, O Exalted One! We absolutely MUST remember all that we’d love to forget! Have a wonderful weekend! 🙂 Naked hugs!
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Prayer. Prayer is the answer to everything, my friend. Prayer. Really. Prayer. I mean it, OK. I’m NOT joking. Really. OK, I’m joking. Prayer is useless. Now let me say what I originally meant to say….Wait! I forgot what I originally wanted to say! Don’tcha HATE when that happens!!
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Haha
Is it old age that makes you forget that fast? Then I don’t want to be old😀
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What did you say? Ya gotta speak up, pal, my hearing’s going! Old age, ya know!
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What was I saying? I can’t recall, really
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Inspired beat me to the punch. I was going to say that I forgot what I wanted to say.
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You are doing badly, Bob
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Old age…
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I recently had a really bad experience with anesthesia that I would really love to forget. Instead of being nicely relaxed for the procedure, which is what I expected, I was sent into a full-blown hallucinatory delirium of a bad trip. Almost every brain system I had was seriously malfunctioning. Except memory. The one thing I wanted shut down worked really really well, and I can’t stop remembering the nightmare of the experience. If I figure out how to forget, I’ll let you know. Except then I probably won’t remember that I need to tell you, because I will have forgotten. Whatever that drug was they gave me (probably ketamine), I don’t recommend it for inducing forgetfulness. Try anything else.
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Hopefully you remember long enough to tell me before you forget
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You are getting only a taste of what is to come! I go into the kitchen for a pack of cigarettes. I wipe down the counters, see a dish that needs to be put into the dishwasher, notice the kittie’s dishes are empty, so I feed them, then I come back to my chair and reach for a … DRAT! Go back into the kitchen for a pack of smokes, notice that the water is dripping … well, you get the picture! Old age is great joy! Not.
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This is interesting, Jill.
At this rate, I see you going to the kitchen for a fork and knife and leaving with neither
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Happens all the time!
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I wish there were a better way to forget. I have a very good memory, not photographic but close. I remember every bad thing that ever happened like it was happening right now. And then I can’t ever get over it. Not fun. Alcohol seems to work, at least temporarily. 🙂
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my wish is ability to choose what one forgets.
my memory is not as great, I think.
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yep, that would be great to be able to pick and choose. at one point, there was some buzz about using beta blockers to help with bad memories for PTSD folks but that doesn’t seem to have panned out.
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Most people are researching on ways to enhance memory. I think forgetting is much better
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