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Originally Posted by Bruno
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The user cannot "tell them to forget" any more effectively than you could tell me to forget: Even were I terribly co-operative, I simply can't forget things on demand. Beings with the ability to forget things on demand obviously work differently.
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I vaguely remember a study of those with traumatic memories who naturally tried to forget. It showed that such constant attempts caused noticeable damage to the brain sections most important to memory, both forming and recalling long term.
But bringing attention to experiences good, bad, or indifferent, certainly is the worst way to induce the forgetting of them.