Trace Inhibition is both retroactive and proactive
Here is one small experience I had with proactive- retroactive Inhibition.
I am very familiar with the English pronoun You. Why not, since I am an native English speaker. But when I studied Russian, the pronoun Ya which means I, always gave me pause for thought, because I confused it with You.
Later in a vain attempt to learn Spanish, I was hopelessly lost and still am with the pronoun Yo!
You inhibited Ya (proactive) where as Yo also dealt a death blow to Ya (retroactive) which likewise weakened my recall of Yo (proactive inhibition). Itās a wonder I can still speak English considering all the languages I have failed at.
On the other hand I am sure yo ( I mean you) have all experienced without realizing it the influence of inhibition.