The subconscious mind isn't creative, it doesn't understand jokes, and it can remember everything you have ever done, said or witnessed. ... This is because when your subconscious mind and your conscious mind is working together to achieve a common goal, you can believe that it will happen.

Are memories stored in the subconscious?

Any traumatic memory is automatically stored in your implicit, unconscious memory ... ... Specific trauma, like getting mugged, is held in your conscious mind but also in you nonthinking cerebellum as part of your personal unconscious.

Are Forgotten memories still in your brain?

Though some memories may be inaccessible to you, they're not entirely gone, and could potentially be retrieved, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine. If you've ever forgotten something and thought it to be lost forever, don't despair -- it's still filed away in your brain.