In Psychology, Deletion is more commonly referred to as “forgetting” but in this context, the term “forgetting” is misleading.

Even “Deletion” can cause newcomers to misinterpret the concept.

It does not mean that information is removed entirely.

Rather, it suggests a movement from the conscious to the unconscious mind. The NLP communication model suggests that forgetting is essential in normal human experience.

This is a view echoed by modern, contemporary psychology.

Some savants are unable to forget certain types of information and it is recognised throughout the psychological field that this is a negative trait, which compromises interaction and other social skills. Within the communication model of NLP there is the assertion that information is filtered depending on a creation in the mind of the individual, based on past experiences.

For lack of a better, technical term, I will call this “The Experience Buffer”.

The experience buffer acts in the same way as any buffer does in a computer system, where information is stored, erased, written over and deleted (though not necessarily in that order).

It is a rolling cycle of experience causing creation of a rule.

That rule is “written” to the experience buffer.

The mind then tests this rule to find out if it is true.

Often it will not be. In life, we expect experiences to create rules which may not always be accurate or helpful.

Examples include being bitten by a dog at an early age.

This may create a phobia of dogs.

In this example, the experience buffer has created a generic rule, which states “Dogs Bite”.

While these two words are true, the specifics of the rule are ambiguous enough to encompass all dogs in all situations at all times.

I propose that it is the experience buffer that relates closely to language and linguistics to create meaning and relating behaviour in the mind and body of the respondent.