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The word to forget may imply: ceasing to conserve in the memory certain question, a name, a number, a face, among others ("I forgot how much he told me the chair cost"); stop experimenting affected or interest in an individual or something ("The truth is, I've already forgotten how much fun we were having"), an object, for example; inadvertently abandoning something or someone in a place ("I forgot your gift on the table, I'll bring it to you tomorrow"); not perform this or that action because at the time it was erased from the mind ("I forgot to turn off the lights when we left and they stayed on all weekend"); and directly stop taking one thing into account ("Better, it will be to forget our differences and start the relationship from scratch").

Stop remembering something, caring for someone, or not considering something

There are people who have a natural predisposition to always remember everything, to never forget anything and anyone, while on the other hand there are others who Due to various circumstances, they are not so good with the memories of their life, it is difficult for them to recover them at some point and neither are they remembering faces or things.

Oblivion, and a deeper perspective that leads to reflection

Meanwhile, the word forget is closely linked to the concept of I forget, which implies a involuntary action by which certain information that was stored in memory is no longer preserved.

It should be noted that forgetting can happen for different reasons, among the most recurrent are: those very strong blows that are produced in the head, by a fall or by a car crash that lead to what is clinically known as amnesia (forgetfulness traumatic); some kind of alteration in the apparatus psychic of the individual in question, such as being the product of diseases such as schizophrenia and hypnosis (psychological forgetfulness); and physiological problems, such is the case of poor development in the Central Nervous System (physiological forgetfulness).

Amnesia is a memory disorder that does not allow you to recall information stored prior to suffering a physical trauma.

And there are also voluntary oversights, which are the product of decision of a person forgetting something or someone because they do not do well to have them present, but be careful, when we do that that memory disappears but will remain repressed or deposited in the unconscious and may emerge further ahead in some way that is not very profitable for our existence.

Block unwanted moments, which cause us sadness or worry

Another recurring situation that ends in forgetfulness is that our mind activates a blocking mechanism of those most painful memories, then, it is as if the person had suddenly forgotten the death of a loved one, even though it occurred no less than a month.

The psyche puts that painful memory aside and does not make it consciously accessible.

It is a fairly common behavior in human beings to block certain memories or events such as defense mechanism so as not to suffer from them, because of course, when this is done because they cause us pain, sadness, that is, it is not about pleasant memories but rather the opposite.

However, this action, in the long term, usually unleashes severe psychological problems in people who force to forget something, because that pressure they put on to forget almost always ends up making more go ahead.

Psychotherapy attempts to unblock this situation when these blocks affect the quality of life of the person.

There are many ways to approach this problem, speaking the subject, so that the patient manages to remove all the pain and repression; and another modality used by the psychoanalysis is hypnosis, technique that allows to reach those memories, identify them, and treat them.

It is not a good reaction to block non-positive memories, in the long run it ends up hurting us; The ideal is always to face the good and bad situations that life has in store for us, and when one feels that some events They are painful to find the best containment to overcome them but never hide and cover them because that will always have an effect counterproductive.