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Is it possible to completely erase the existence of another person from your memory?

  • Say I've got a personal grudge against someone. Would it be possible to remove all knowledge of that person's existence from my memory so that, after such removal, I will never have heard of that person in my life and (s)he will never have done anything to me in the first place to make me bear a grudge. I can't think of any other way to let go of personal grudges, so I just wondered if this suggestion would be possible.

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    Under normal circumstances, I would think no. But certain forms of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease do it, particularly recent memory...although it's a horrible expense to pay. I've witnessed as much as 35 years of the more recent memory erased from the afflicted brain. Bottom line, better you should retain the memory, even those that are distasteful, so that you are better prepared to avoid a repeat of a similarly bad circumstance, harking back to that saying "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me."

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No, it's not possible yet. But in the case of a grudge, remember that living well is the best revenge.

Kris2012

"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" One of my favorite movies. Fictional, of course, but an interesting idea.

PeteLaVerga

You can practice blocking it out. I am quite good at this. Though i think the memory has to be fairly painful..

|Thrine|

There will always be a song, smell, places that will bring the memory of them back whether you want it to or not. You have 2 choices. Hold that grudge or clear the air with that person so you can move on.

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No Lest you develop a significant neural disease in which certain areas of your brain deteriorate or are prominently damaged. Firstly you tend to remember things in bits in which certain subjects you will remember greater than others, in the case of a human being if they were never relevant in your life you tend to cope with forgetting them easier... it's more of the level of relevance, you won't remember a man who gave you directions but you will remember a childhood friend you lost connection with, in both cases you can forget them manifestently but could recall selectively. If it was a person who affected your life in some great way then you may remember them far more involuntarily. Judging by your description they are a person you hold great hostility towards, what you should understand is that it's not a matter of forgetting it, it's a matter of coping with it and not focusing on them. Forgive and forget is all too often associated with a certain theology when it's really moral decorum for good mental health. My suggestion is to stop holding grudges because it can/will only hender yourself mentally.

The Departed.

ive forget lots of good people , maybe i cared a lot about them , maybe someone is doing it

Allen_N2926

De-ja-vu

TimeVisor

Yes and no. Everything that has ever happend in your life you remember but you can lose the access ways so you cant regain the memory without therapy or hypnosis. Generally the best way to get rid of a grudge is to just forgive the person and move on with your life.

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