Repression
Memories outside of conscious awareness are often referred to as implicit memories. These are stored memories that can influence behavior and emotions without being consciously recalled.
If you can only remember good times and not bad times this could be an example of motivated forgetting. Motivated forgetting is a way to protect oneself from bad, unhappy, and anxiety producing memories.
research into repression explain forgetting because the memory of the event have been repressed into the unconscious mind and although it affects their conscious thought, there is no conscious memory of the event.
conscience or you must be conscious
The three theories of forgetting are trace decay theory, interference theory, and retrieval failure theory. Trace decay theory suggests that memories fade with time if they are not accessed or reinforced. Interference theory posits that forgetting occurs when new information disrupts the retrieval of older memories. Retrieval failure theory proposes that forgetting happens when there are issues with accessing or retrieving memories stored in long-term memory.
Suppressed memories are memories that are consciously forgotten or blocked out due to distress or trauma, while repressed memories are memories that are unconsciously pushed out of awareness as a defense mechanism. Both involve a lack of access to memories, but the difference lies in the level of awareness or intention behind the act of forgetting.
It can be measured from birth or from when a child has their first memories of being conscious of the world around them.
Forgiving may be easier than forgetting because while forgiving involves letting go of resentment and anger towards someone, forgetting requires erasing memories or experiences, which can be more challenging. However, the two can be interconnected as forgiving can lead to forgetting over time.
I think it mean's you have been thinking about this boy more than you realise, when we dream our conscious mind and our sub-conscious become one as our memories of the dream don't differentiate between conscious and sub-conscious.
Decay theory in psychology suggests that memory fades or decays over time if it is not used or reinforced. This theory posits that forgetting occurs simply because memories fade away naturally if they are not accessed or recalled regularly. Decay theory contrasts with interference theory, which suggests that forgetting occurs due to competition between memories.
Pope Gregory
No, you don't lose anything, but you can gain new conscious memories that were hiding in the subconscious.