Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
This kind of forgetting does not erase memory, it lays the emotion surrounding the memory to rest.
If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
I think it's difficult to forget things that are unresolved.
When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.
I have a hot memory, but I know I've forgotten many things, too, just squashed things in favor of survival.
I don't think forgetting is an important feature of human memory. I think it's important to be able to remember things accurately.
To my mind, forgetting is a risky strategy for living. Memory is essential to us. It is DNA. We need to remember, and we need to imagine. That's why we have books, writing, fiction.
Memories are what you no longer want to remember.
It turns out that my memory is just not that great, so for specific scenes with people doing stuff, sometimes I'd have the details all wrong or I couldn't remember what happened exactly, so I just let that be.
Memory is the thing you forget with.