Would u erase memories?

I would like to erase some moments in my life. Very painful and very life-altering moments.

I totally agree with DB, I would not erase memories, ever.

I've had some very damaging memories as a child and some very unpleasant ones as an adult...but hey the world needs me just a kookie as I am and it has made me a very compassionate soul.

Just out of curiosity, if you did, how would you choose to replace them...with a happy fantasy instead? It would take an elaborate lie to fill in the gaps.

Well CGWL, I somewaht agree. That is what they say about childbirth, if you knew or remembered you would never have sex again...hehehhe

But seriously, I think the folks who were so unfortunate as to develope "blankspots" in their memory, have serious problems associated with that condition...so while they may have rosey memories, they are scarred none-the-less, or as sb said, the experience still very much affects them.

"Never erase memories...no matter how bad you feel they are...there is always a reason for them...we do not change when we are happy...we change when we are miserable or in pain"

dancingbread
ur answer was brilliant and its true that we change when we are in misery or in pain..but I would also like to say that for some ppl the bad memories can be very traumatic indeed..I hav a friend who still has major trust issues just coz his ex cheated on him..to this day he keeps reliving his past memories..tring to xplain to me or (himself?) as to what went wrong and how he shud have read the warning signs..to this day he gets panic attacks when he encounters situations similar to the ones that happened in his relation with his gurl...for him especially I feel rather than learning(which I guess he must hav), he is still stuck somewhere majorly in the past and I am afraid that one day those memories might just overwhelm him..

But yeah if given an opportunity, I would like to have a go at erasing some memories..could live much better without some of them

Memories are useful in keeping from repeating the same wrong things again in life - enabling the person to learn from their mistakes in hopes of making future endeavors turn out for the best - memories may be painful - but they're also in the past - which we cannot change - also - they are what builds a personal history in our lives - if they were erased - that would be like taking a part of our soul - if all of the bad memories were erased from us and we started believing that our lifes were completely filled with positive outlooks then in the eyes of others (esp. ones that have possibly experianced those same memories with us) would label us as liars and being in denial (unless of course their relative memories were erased as well) but it would make us feel less human as well - if we believed that everything we did had a good outlook in a world where nothing will ever be perfect (or completely positive for that matter) then we might start wondering why our past is so distorted - it would be like living our entire lives without a true soul - (not to mention alot of us would be constantly feeling somewhat paranoid as to why our lives are all ying and no yang)

you guys have said it all 🙂
i normally suppress them DEEP down 😉

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