“Forgetting memories isn’t always a bad thing”

We have all experienced a time when we’re trying to remember something and can’t recall the memory or specific details we’re looking for. Although these memory blocking moments may seem like a nuisance, memory actually works in favor of us. If people were able to remember every detail and feeling associated with an event, we wouldn’t experience many things twice.

If you were to ask a woman what child birth felt like, she might describe the experience as the most painful moment of her life. The soreness after birth, may remind a woman of the pain she went through during her hours of labor. However, as time goes by, the memories of a painful childbirth begin to be forgotten. Therefore, a woman may want more children. If a woman was able to remember every moment of childbirth and the pain associated with the process, she may not want a child again. If we weren’t able to forget painful memories, we wouldn’t be as willing to experience memories again that may end painfully. Our memory shields us from everlasting unpleasant feelings by fading away details of an event.

Work Cited

Hammond, Claudia. “Why Painful Memories Linger with Us.” Future. BBC, 12 Mar. 2015. Web. 6 Apr. 2015. <http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150311-can-we-edit-out-painful-memories&gt;.