Readers reply: why is it easier to remember that I've forgotten something than to remember what I've forgotten?
Briefly

Sometimes people use the expression I forgot as an excuse. My response has always been: You didn't forget you remembered to forget. - Richard Dopson, retired psychologist, Vancouver, Canada.
Like tying a knot in a handkerchief, but then being unable to remember why you tied it? Lots of things going on in your mind. Juggling many balls in the air, you're almost certain to forget about one of them and only remember it when the pattern is broken. You need a task-specific memory aid, rather than the knot in the handkerchief. - MrCassandra.
Even worse is remembering that you forgot to do something, then remembering what it was you forgot to do, going back to do it and finding you have already done it but had forgotten that you did it. - BelowTheTideline.
I could, of course, be wrong, but I am inclined to think we are not, in the main, more forgetful over time, but rather we put more significance on the potential for forgetting. Of course, there are people with issues, but most of us probably panic for no reason. - Unknown author.
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