Delete bad memories?

I don't wanna delete any memories even if its good or bad. Every memory is made because of your actions and experiences. Life would be boring if you don't have any bad memory. Bad memories helps us in a way to be strong or learn a lesson, like the saying goes everything happens for a purpose.

the question is how do we make a difference between good and bad memories? in my case I prefer to have all my memories unaltered... I mean I don't want anyone messing up with me brain, cos I'm doing quite good with it the way it is;)

I am not into this, altering minds people's minds are as the same as brainwashing one's memory. We are given with brains to learn from the past, be it "bad." We have to live with it, cope and accept failures or mistakes from the past.

Well, I was going to go with the majority and say it's a bad idea (teaching us our bad decisions so we won't make the same mistake) but then I thought of a bad memory that should be erased, and that would be one that was somehow planted in our subconscious and that never happened to us; either by our psychosis, or perhaps an overzealous psychiatrist trying to convince us we were abused as children when we weren't (I heard that happened a lot during the 80s) Other than that, I am with the majority - if it actually happened to us, it shouldn't be erased. It would be on par of giving us a lobotomy.

i dont want to delete my bad memories.. cause if you do so you will always feel that there something missing. and its a part of myself.. i wont..

Really good question! It all depends on the person and what they want in life. Some people would like to analize what happened and it may help them grow as a person where others may just want to forget. Though there are a few bad memories I have, I would keep most but one REALLY bad one I would get rid of in a heartbeat if I could. I can see shrinks and take meds and still never learn anything from it. It sucks and there is no way around it and I would love it gone from my memory.

I would say no to this because some of those bad memories saved my life. If it were not for the mistakes in my life or those bad memories, I would not be who and what I am today.

I don't know how the medicine will be able to remove only bad meemories. How it is going to filter out between bad and good. Also I think it may erase all past memories. It is better to forget some of the bad memories, but not all. Keeping in mind some help us to act intelligently in future. In absence of bad how can be get the essence of good.

it should help traumatized victims to relieve them from the pain. but other than that i think that memories, good or bad, should be unaltered because these actually shape a person so we can be better beings. i mean we do learn from these either way so for me all the memories we have are important.

this is a hard question um having had a very troubled childhood and such there is alot id wish to forget but on the other hand all those bad things made me who I am and I would almost be afraid of loosing myself if you know what am saying.

We all hate bad memories but they do have their place. Some of my worst memories involve my biggest lessons learned. Bad memories keep us from repeating the errors of our ways. Also I can't think of one bad memory that could be erased without erasing a zillion good ones. I can't imagine deleting ones memory could lead to anything good.

We need to be mature and experienced in our life we cannot go on forever without any setbacks , cause if u do not have any setbacks and one day something very bad happened u will not be able to take it.

yes i would like to remove bad memories from my mind