: How do we forget something easily even if we try to remember it as hard as we can, but the same thing comes to our mind when we are not even thinking about it?

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: How do we forget something easily even if we try to remember it as hard as we can, but the same thing comes to our mind when we are not even thinking about it?

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Not an answer, but a solution: start listing, preferably aloud, aspects, features, categories, etc that describe what you’re trying to remember and you can basically shake loose the memory. Word association games are fun and practical!

Edit: For names, just start saying random names, or names in alphabetical order. I once remembered the name “Jeremy Piven” just by saying “Chris Pines” and “Chris Evans” (I was on C-names). Pine-Evans got me to Piven. Silly brain games.