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language and experiences are encoded and stored in the nonverbal form, but as the child
develops and learns language, the information is stored in the verbal form. This leads to
the retrieval problems making the child unable to recall the childhood memories.

b. Dream amnesia:

Every individual experiences dreams. But he will be unable to recall the contents
of all dreams, because many of them are in disguised form, so there will be no cues to
bring to memory.

c. Defensive amnesia:

Developed to depend the self respect and to overcome anxiety. The person
suffering from this amnesia may forget his name, occupation, names of relatives and all

other things except basic habits like eating, drinking, talking, etc. This kind of amnesia
generally takes place when the individual is in a very critical situation which may cause
damage to his self- respect. At times in this condition he may escape by running away to
distant new places. This is called fugue. This amnesia may last for weeks, months or
years

ii. Biological amnesia:

This amnesia is caused due to abnormal functioning of brain. Such abnormality
may be due to causes such as, a blow on the head, temporary disturbances in blood
supply to brain, certain drugs like, marijuana, alcohol, brain diseases and some other
damages to brain.

HOW TO FORGET

1. Figure out what you would like to forget.

Before you can forget a memory, you need to think about the details of that
memory. Doing so might be hard, but it is necessary. Write out your answers to the
following questions to figure out the details of the memory:

 What happened?
 Who was involved?
 Where and when did it happen?
 What else was going on?
 How did you feel?

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