About 2 weeks ago I would of said in a second. Sometimes being numb is just not the best answer.

It depends upon what the bad memories are. Many of life's important lessons are learned through learning things that do not work, or that cause unpleasant consequences. It would not be wise to "unlearn" these, because it would doom us to make the same mistakes again and again. Some experiences, however, are so horrifying they can distort one's mental health. Post traumatic stress disorder in soldiers who have been in combat, is such an experience. Recent research has indicated a link between a drastic adrenaline rush and the experience which produces it. A "horrifying" experience, such as seeing one's combat buddies blown to pieces, can produce such an extraordinary adrenaline rush; but, also, the research ahs shown that an injection of a very small amount of adrenaline into the blood stream can cause memory to be enhanced. One drug, in particular, is currently being researched, which seems to reduce the "emotional conditioned response" to a specific horrifying memory and, thus, offers hope of a possible "cure" for PTSD. I had a bad experience once in a dentist chair. The dentist gave me an injection of a nerve blocking substance containing adrenaline and, evidently, he hit and injected the adrenaline into a vein. This induced in me all the physical and psychological symptoms of what is called a "panic attack." I felt genuine fear of extraordinary proportions, together with a rapid heart rate, hyperventilation, etc. I have never found dentists frightening. The only thing I fear and dread -- since that experience -- is any injection of a pain blocker into my body. From that time to now (over thirty years), I insist that the dentist work on my teeth without any injection for pain. So, obviously, it is not the pain I fear. Whether adrenaline can be, or should be, used to enhance memory in studying for exams, and such, is something to be studied cautiously. The human body responds so drastically to even a tiny amount of it in the blood stream, that beneficial use might be hard to control. On the other hand, with so many thousands of American soldiers coming home with memories none of us should have to experience, the drug now under study may turn out to be a wonderful thing.

If you take a pain pill for physical pain, then that is fine. But NO if you take pain med to self medicate and block the pain, you will become addicted or dependent,by continuing to numb the pain. The best way to deal with bad memories is to get some counseling, let the pain out and you wont need pain med or anything else ..Good Luck

I have at my worst times BROTHERS suicide divorce UNJUST criminal charges the numbness wears off and the problrms ars still there thats not the answer or the cure thats treating the symptoms not the cause! No, not anymore, I WOULD NOT !

No, that is a temporary relief from pain and not a cure. Pills won't help it in the long term. I have family members who have basically done this, btw, just substitute pill for "drinking large quantities of alcohol".

I have. It's not worth it. Incorporate the bad and painful lessons into yourself. Then they will only serve to help you, rather than hinder. A pill wears off, but wisdom is eternally yours.

I actually saw something on tv a few days ago about this new drug for people with PTSD, which I have been diagnosed with and currently control without medication. While I do not have much information about this new drug, I am skeptical. Anxiety and/or panics in my case have always been triggered by something familiar to my trauma. In other words a memory is triggered by something. This new medication affects ones reaction to the memory itself, but my problem with this is that it seems to closely related to our fight-or-flight instinct. I believe this instinct is there to protect us. If it is tampered with, or damaged, or dulled in anyway, how can we protect ourselves???

No i think u should do something that can take your mind off it.i wud'nt it will just make u numb.

Life, for what ever reason you believe we are here for, isn't for ignoring, weather it comes at you with diamonds, pearls, and joy, or it lays you with-in darkness, fear, or pain. the ability to change our lives is a journey that can't be fueled by the candy-coat, nor from wearing the rose-colored glasses, or suddenly become a utopian Shangri-La by ingesting some wonderpill. We grow strong from those things that challenge us, and hopefully humble by those things easily obtained, and along with everything in-between, they are the events that shape us, and that allow us to understand the entire spectrum or what humanity is, and how we might make it better. An interesting, and thought provoking query, Thank you! Peace!

No because I might do the same thing again that caused the pain in the first place-not realising that the memories I have are not the true memories, therefore unaware of the full extent of the pain I was about to put myself through.

i used to. anything i could get my hands on. but then i discovered i had bi-polar disorder and borderline personality disorder. so i went to a doctor and he put me on lithium and an anti-depressant and xanax after i spent a lot of time in hospitols and psych wards and extensive testing was done of course and it took awhile but i finally got the treatment i needed, honestly, i'm fine now. my life was full of covering up my true feelings up until about 5 years ago. now i would rather feel, than be numb and not feel anything at all. it may sound silly, but i can actually cry now. i can feel immense joy to the point that i feel silly. for all these things i am grateful. and i don't take advantage of anything anymore or anyone.

Famous quote " I WANT MY PAIN, I NEED MY PAIN, THATS PART OF US, THATS WHAT MAKES US WHO WE ARE.!" James T Kirk,

Yes, I think I would. Ask me again in a year when the bad memories aren't so bad anymore, and I'll tell you, no.

No, going through the pain is the only way to cure it. You can't properly grieve if you are medicated. If you medicate, when the medication wears off the pain is still there. All drugs to is delay it.

you learn from your mistakes so no i wouldnt

Actually yes I would, I used to a lot more than now I mainly take them now every once in awhile to relax.

No. I need to have the bad memories I have so i appreciate how good life is now, and how bad it can be. Bad memories help me to learn in the future, and not repeat mistakes I've made.

Yes I would, but what I would like even more would be if there was a medical procedure where they could cut out the parts of your brain that store stuff you wish you could forget but never will

dude no. I would rather run as hard and as far as i could (like Forrest Gump). so hard that i cant think of anything. so far that i can't remember anythhing then i'd come back home.. and those memories would be back. but i would run again. harder and farther this time. (a much better "pill" to lessen bad memories)

No somehow they never really go away, time is the only thing that lessens them for me. I guess I feel that medicating is just a waste of time.