The cessation of a memory that was had is called forgetting.
Forgetting is the cessation of the memory that one had. It is an involuntary action that involves ceasing to retain information that had already been acquired in the mind.
In general, forgetfulness is usually associated with a lack of attention or concentration, and the severity of its consequences is very variable: missing a personal appointment is not the same as forgetting to lock the door of a building during the meeting. evening. In this sense, the concept of interfering learning is used to define the acquisition of information that is stored in the place of a memory that has not yet been consolidated in memory.
It is important to note that once information is interpreted by our brain , it does not disappear; To forget is not to lose a memory forever , but rather to have it moved to the unconscious level, no longer accessible voluntarily or with the same ease as at the beginning.
The feeling of oblivion
Many times, human beings feel that we are forgetting something, but we cannot specify what it is; For some people, this feeling is recurring, and if something is not done about it, it becomes a nuisance, an obstacle when engaging with the outside world .
This can be seen very clearly in individuals who cannot leave their homes without checking their bags several times, believing that they are leaving something important behind, and it is a situation that should not be taken as a mere anecdote, since it constitutes a true nightmare for anyone. he stars in it daily.
Among the different causes that can encourage forgetting, there are blows to the head (which can cause amnesia ), alteration of the psychological system (due to a disease such as schizophrenia) and physiological problems (such as poor development of the nervous system).
In some contexts, forgetting is associated with abandonment.
mind block
The mind can also block certain memories that are painful to the subject. In this way, it seems that the person has forgotten something (such as a childhood accident ), although in reality, the only thing his brain has done is leave said memory on a plane that is not consciously accessible.
However, not everyone is fortunate enough to spontaneously forget those events that have marked their life in a negative way. There are those who say that memory is the basis of wisdom, that it makes us stronger because it allows us to learn from our past so as not to make the same mistakes twice; But bad memories are not always related to mistakes from adulthood, but rather they often relate stories of childhood abuse, which no one in their right mind would want to visualize over and over again.
In this regard, there are experimental treatments that seek to renew unwanted memories, which is so far the closest that science has come to permanently erasing them . To achieve this, we first need to evoke that moment from the past that hurts us, to work on it once it is alive in our memory. It should be noted that Canada is one of the pioneering countries in this branch of medical research, which interests many people who live tormented by their stories .
Forgetfulness as abandonment
Forgetfulness can also be the cessation of affection or the bond that one had for something or someone : "He decided to leave his family in oblivion and went to another country in search of new opportunities."
In this case, the term is given a more poetic, more abstract meaning, turning it into a large chest in which everything that we no longer want to see or feel is deposited, sealing it in a dark corner of our memory to be able to move on. without allowing it to continue making us suffer.