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Chapter 32

Chapter 4 Section 5 Sam's selective forgetting?
Forgetting is also selective, depending on what you are facing. ? ?

Sam is a man of few words. Apart from work, he stays at home every day to read newspapers or watch football games.One weekend, he and his wife were invited by a friend to a banquet.Sam was very reluctant, but under the pressure of his wife, he reluctantly obeyed.So he began to prepare.When he opened the suitcase to get his coat, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't shaved yet, so he closed the suitcase and began to shave.But when he came back to pick up his clothes after shaving, he found that the suitcase was locked. After searching for a long time, he still couldn't find the key.It was the weekend, and the locksmith could not be invited, so the couple had no choice but to return the invitation.The next day, when the locksmith hired by Sam opened the suitcase, he found the key inside.It turned out that Sam had put the key in the trunk before going to shave, and locked it carelessly.Sam kept assuring his wife that it was involuntary, but she still had doubts about him. ?
Mind walk?

Forgetting is an act of choice.This choice involves the impressions in our minds and the details of each impression of experience. When encountering some unpleasant things in life, everyone has the urge to forget them.Although Sam in the story has always emphasized that he put the key in the suitcase unconsciously, the key is closely related to the unpleasant banquet after all, so in his subconscious, he chose to forget selectively. It is a defense mechanism of the human being. ?
Of course, this kind of forgetting is not necessarily bad. When faced with some unpleasant things, choosing to forget is choosing happiness. ?
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