Maybe I’m not losing the ability to retrieve things from my mind; maybe I’m gaining awareness that memory can be highly selective. Maybe I always forgot things like names and dates and where I left the car keys. Maybe my peers of half a century and more and myself now have the time to notice and remark on our remembering to forget. Something to ponder………
What I would like very much acknowledged is that memory issues can be worrisome, perhaps at any age, and lead to strategies for avoiding situations, conversations, and even thoughts where forgetfulness may occur.
Loss of hearing and the detrimental effects of hiding it are known about; advertisements for the aids to hearing are numerous and ubiquitous.
There is a parallel to loss of memory in the potential to avoid, to withdraw from the issue and there is not the awareness of this. Awareness would lead to acceptance and seeking a solution if necessary. Lead to a problem shared, a problem lessened.