Can I permanently forget a memory by hypnosis?

Postby SuperHyperActive » Mon Jan 31, 2022 12:56 pm

Hello!

I have a few very painful memories that I wish I could forget. I know that we grow based on mistakes, but this is something that has only ruined my life. I didn't hurt anyone but myself, and this caused me to spiral into even more severe depression.

Therapy is not helping, I keep getting worse and worse, and I just cannot live on. My dreams have been crushed, I really cannot accept and move on from this knowledge.

Is it possible to erase (or permanently suppress) a memory? I have read that it isn't, but many people still say it is possible and I'm hanging onto that small piece of hope. I've read that this will still leave behind the emotions, so I will still be upset and depressed, but I would be able to cope with it, and therapy would help with that I believe.

Really honestly, I don't think any amount of trying to accept what happened will help me. I cannot live with this and I wish to just forget this, especially since I am 17 and I had to stop my education, personal relationships have been impacted, and everything has significantly suffered and keeps getting worse.

I had a perfect life and I was very happy, I have everything to have a good life, but something happened that completely broke me and made me fall apart. Please, if it is possible, I will opt for it immediately. I don't even need to forget it all, just this one detail that would completely change it all and lead me to be able to improve through therapy.

Thank you in advance.
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Postby Richard@DecisionSkills » Mon Jan 31, 2022 2:29 pm

SuperHyperActive wrote: My dreams have been crushed, I really cannot accept and move on from this knowledge.

I had a perfect life and I was very happy, I have everything to have a good life, but something happened that completely broke me and made me fall apart. Please, if it is possible, I will opt for it immediately. I don't even need to forget it all, just this one detail that would completely change it all and lead me to be able to improve through therapy.


This might not be easy to hear, but you were never going to achieve your dreams. The good news is that at age 17 you have time to learn, time to grow, to develop the ability to achieve dreams.

How do I know that you were never going to achieve your dreams? Because you have not learned how to manage the pain that is inevitable when in pursuit of any dream worth having. All of us have our dreams crushed. Every single person has had dreams crushed. You are not alone. The difference is in how we manage the pain. And it is something you can learn.

And to answer your main question, no...there is no way to eradicate a specific salient memory. If it were possible do you think PTSD from war and other traumatic events would exist? No. Anyone in pain would simply go to the "memory eraser" and no longer have to worry about the friend they watched blown to pieces, or the child they accidentally killed, etc.

I understand the desire to eliminate the pain by removing the memory. I also understand that there are people willing to tell you it is possible and they will also be willing to take your money. Anyone that tells you it is possible is either ignorant, arrogant, or intentionally deceptive.
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