Is it possible for someone to intentionally remove memories from your mind. Or to do it to yourself? I have some... troubling memories that don't make sense how I forgot, to the point where I'm getting paranoid about it.
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Trauma can suppress memory as a coping mechanism. They get buried in the subconscious. It's a human reaction. If you want to safely process you can use EMDR or other avenues. It happens.
The thing was, the one in particular I'm troubled about was a good memory. Something that would have benefited me to remember. And now I'm worried I could just lose what I have now again.
Good idea. I thought I could hold onto it, but apparently my memory is even more unreliable than I already thought, and will just let important things go on a whim.
And these aren't all childhood memories. Some of them are from just a few years ago. And now I'm worried that I could forget something so recent and so important. Like, life changingly important. I don't get it.
The only thing I can think of is that depression really does mess with your memories to the point you can forget important things entirely. Which means it wouldn't happen again, because I'm not depressed, but is it really that extreme?
I don't think there's been any blunt force trauma. But I think my memory is even more unreliable than I thought and I'm going to have to start righting more things down and reviewing them once and a while to "remember".
*writing. Damn it, it's not just my memory, my writing is getting worse. Word swaps of the same sound but different spelling are happening more and more often. I think my cognitive abilities are on the decline. I've been using them more lately, I would think that would make them stronger, but alas..
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The older we get the more it feels like a mercy.
I think you can remove them if you really want to.