Some people want to be able to watch a movie “for the first time” all over again. Others want to forget a rubbish one. If you could remove just one movie from your memory, which would it be?
Some people want to be able to watch a movie “for the first time” all over again. Others want to forget a rubbish one. If you could remove just one movie from your memory, which would it be?
how do you know it works?
I have been reminded of events that I intentionally blocked out, and the resurfacing memories typically come with memories of me intentionally going through the process to forget them. Also, I’ve had fewer intrusive thoughts of momentary shame from long-distant social faux-pas, which is what I think I usually use it for. I don’t think I’ve ever suppressed the memory of a substantially lengthy piece of media though; I don’t think the technique is that effective over reasonable time scales.