Would you give up your happiest memerory to forget your worst?
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Yes I would.
My worst memory would be being sexually abused, and lately I've been reading about this drug used on rape/violence victims that is still under study but apparently it erases those bad memories. I would seriously consider using it.
As for my best memory, initially nothing comes to mind? I don't think I can remember it? Or even if I do, it will take a lot more effort.
I think the tendency is, we will remember the worst memories easily, b/c they haunt our daily life, and we tend to have a harder time with the good ones because there are too many, or we don't always keep them in daily focus. Lol, maybe I'm just a very pessimistic person.
I think PTSD victims would thank having the blessing of taking such a drug to erase their bad memories, b/c it would be worth the good ones. I think we can always make new good ones. But we have to move on from the bad first.
But yes, I would seriously consider doing that, if it could help me leave behind my past. =)
EDIT: Well, I tried really hard to go back and well, remember my last good memory, perhaps not my best memory. And all I came up with was the time these wonderful friends of mine introduced me to God, and allowed me to somewhat see my past in a new light.
I guess I haven't lived enough yet, or not long enough to make any great memories, which is why I am not as hesitant to let them go as someone who may have been around long enough to make a couple of really great ones.
No, wouldn''t do it.
And no, don't want to tell.
I think it depends on how desperate I am and how bad the memory is and how amazing the other memory is.
No, because the pain fades with time...and what goes around, comes around. The people who hurt me are getting payback, years later :) I've been abused growing up, but now approaching 30, the pendalum is beginning to swing the other way...and I really have been blessed
no i wouldnt. because a bad memory reminds me that I dont know everything and I like to know what I overcame. Also if I do give up my good memory to lose my bad one, it sounds like a no win situation
No; when you get down to proverbial brass tacks, all we are is the sum of our memories - good AND bad. While my bad memories have caused pain, they have almost always taught me something as well, and I wouldn't want some of those lessons to be "un-learned."
never. all of your goods and bads in life make you the person you are. and since you can never really be sure what you happiest memory is you might forget the day you were married or had your child or met your true love, just to forget something like falling in front of people or being imbarrassed somewhere ya know. its not worth it.
No,the best memories I cherish and out-weigh any bad ones I may have..=)
You betcha; that's an easy trade.
The trauma from my worst memory is far more damaging than the benefit of my happiest memory.
i would never want to get rid of my worst memories if it cost me my best. some of my best memories involve my son, especially since he is my first baby. sure, i have had a few horrible things happen in my life. i was raped when i was 10... but i've moved on... in fact i moved on many years ago and i never tend to dwell on anything bad in general. i feel everything that's happened in my life has made me into the person that i am; and i'm quite happy with who i've become. the past 2 or so yrs of my life have been hard.. a baby to take care of, a hubby in iraq, a best friend getting killed, being far from home... and i feel all the hardships i endured when i was younger really have prepared me and made me a very strong indepentdant woman. i wouldnt give up even one of my happy memories even if it would get rid of all the bad ones.
well, my worst memories are... pretty bad, to me anyway, but no, i wouldn't. those memories have shaped me into the woman i am today, happy or sad, & i wouldn't change that for anything.
i was sexually abused on several occasions around the age of 5, & i was raped about 7 months ago.
Who we are as beings of awareness is a compilation of ALL of our memories. Our worst memories profoundly contribute to our depth of spirit and wisdom. To lose especially the worst memories would degrade that wisdom and depth of spirit. That is what happens in Alzheimer's Disease. I would not wish that on anyone. Wisdom does not hail from happiness. I would much rather be aware and wise than merely happy.
my worst memory is waking up to find my youngest son dead. my happiest memory is the first time my oldest son looked up at me and called me mama. i couldnt trade that memory because hes the only one i have left so his memories are everything to me. and for the bad ones, well, if it werent for those horrible memories i wouldnt cherish all the good ones that i do have so much. and also looking back at all the bad memories i have, such as abuse rape death betrayal... i learned from each experience and today am much stronger. and i look forward to the good memories because of the happiness they bring, but also to the bad ones knowing that those are the ones that truly shape us in our lives enabling us to handle what we think we cant. if i can get thru what ive gone thru already than i can get thru more, lots more. bring it on life.
No, although my worst memory is something I would beg anybody to be able to take away. My best memory is the day my baby sister was born. I was twelve at the time, I named her, I raised her. She is now 16 years old, and I am so proud of the young lady she has become. As much as my worst memory hurts me I wouldn't trade the memory her first breaths and movements for anything in the world.
Never, but I do the opposite all the time.
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