This theory explains why this phenomenon happens in a group environment. So in the case of our example, the brain blocks similar words, AND the word Cruise, hence why it can’t be recalled. However in doing this, the brain actually blocks out the word you’re trying to remember. Therefore the brain will block words similar to Cruise i.e. You’re trying to remember Tom Cruise’s last name.This theory suggests that in order to help remember the word, the brain blocks all other words that are similar. One theory explaining why this momentary lapse in memory occurs is the blocking hypothesis. A majority of people will experience it as it’s very common. It’s experienced by all ages and ethnicities.Presque vu comes from the French for “almost seen”.It’s said to be on the tip of their tongue. a film, an actor, a place etc but for some reason, they can’t remember it.
We often speak of not “feeling like” ourselves. Perhaps these sensations are not so unusual. They are subtle changes in mood, without cause. They are feelings without precipitating thoughts. These odd sensations seem to exist in some kind of subtle place between a physical sensation and an emotional state of mind. Depersonalization and de-realization are occasional features of schizophrenia, but also, more commonly, anxiety states. It may be that those who do not purposely seek these uncanny feelings become frightened by them.
Yet they sound not very much different from those sensations that other people seek out when they use hallucinogens. Others report them as unpleasant, sometimes extremely unpleasant. Some people experience these sensations as curious, but not particularly threatening. Both feelings, as people describe them, seem similar. De-realization is a feeling that the world around one has suddenly changed in character-become less real. It may involve physical feelings, but may be reported only as an unfamiliar and uncomfortable state of mind. It is as if the affected person cannot quite recognize himself/herself. Depersonalization, for example, is a sudden sense of disorientation – a queer feeling of not being oneself. Every once in a while, for no obvious reason, some people experience distortions of perception.