"Decades of research has shown that we have the ability to voluntarily forget something, but how our brains do that is still being questioned." Much prior research on intentional forgetting has focussed on brain activity in the prefrontal cortex, and the brain's memory centre, the hippocampus.
Is it possible to intentionally forget something?
Neuroimaging studies have observed which brain systems play a part in deliberate forgetting, and studies have shown that it is possible for people deliberately to block memories from consciousness.
How do you purposely forget something?
Try thinking about unpleasant details while doing pleasant things.
- Do something that makes you happy while thinking about a bad memory. ...
- If positive association does not seem help, then you can try also listening to loud white noise to drown out painful memories.
