Emerson40
An evening spent dancing
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CRYPTOMNESIA
[noun]
when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognised as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original. It is a memory bias whereby a person may falsely recall generating a thought, an idea, a song, or a joke, not deliberately engaging in plagiarism but rather experiencing a memory as if it were a new inspiration.
ATHAZAGORAPHOBIA
[noun]
the fear of forgetting or being forgotten, ignored or replaced.