I ever met the similar problem too. I think it is common for most PC frequent users, because we seldom use handwriting in the recent years. Once I forgot one character while writing on a paper. I asked someone for help, he wrote it down on a small note. At the second of taking a glimpse on the note, the first intention, immediately appeared in my mind, was where to find the function of Ctrl+C, and then Ctrl+V...

just like westerners can forget which letter write in certain words for example "onomatopoeia" can mistakenly be written as "onomatopeia" same way Chinese can mistakingly write similar elements for example confuse 礻and 衤or 厶and 匕

I recall reading an article on ChinaSMACK about the decline of handwriting in China, and you would definitely be surprised how many characters today's Chinese adults have forgotten how to write due the fact that everything is done digitally these days. And keep in mind, China, like every other country, has some people who are illiterate, and cannot write very many characters at all. And for a large majority of those who are literate, their only interaction with text is digital, through cell phones and computers. And when you consider all those millions of factory workers, with 60+ hours on the job every week, and the fact that so many Chinese use dialect most of the time, yeah, stroke order and all that nice stuff can go downhill pretty quick. And of course, It should also be duely noted that western netizens' spelling ability can be pretty bad as well...

Nowadays people type a lot and don't handwrite very often as they once did. When you type in Chinese, you type in Pinyin which doesn't help remember the "spelling" of a character at all. And in English, it's like the more you type, the more you are of a good speller. Usually, however, because of the "muscle memory" (like the way you remember how to write your designed signature), characters won't be very easy to forget how to write, if you have actually written them for certain times. But still, it's very normal for a Chinese to forget how to write a complicated and not often used character. The good thing is that you will get a better memory of a character after forgetting it once, twice or more times in the past.

it“s definitely an excuse! Do you believe him? Will you forget how to spell "bear"? Yes, I will if it's not an animal!