Recently, I failed to recall specific information from my memory, and it felt like a blank in my head. I experienced it when trying to remember where I placed my keys, and it’s fascinating how I can remember taking it off my bag and putting it on the bed. But since I couldn’t find it on the bed anymore, my confidence seemed to wane, making me think that I’d probably placed it somewhere else. And having a loss for words as to what ‘somewhere else’ means gives me a hint of the blur between remembering and forgetting.
It even hurt trying to fill the gap in my memory … only to learn later that my husband had mistaken my keys for his and took them with him abroad.
No wonder I cannot remember where I misplaced my keys after I put them out of my bag because there’s really nothing to recall in the first place.
But to experience a memory lapse is something to behold; it felt like scanning a white space in my brain, an empty room. Surely, the lack of attention (seeing my husband take away the keys) kept me from remembering what happened to my keys right after I placed them on the bed.
jessa 