Learn how to forget!!! We need our memories, bad or good? more experience?

Here is my thnoughts on it, as they've always been and as they currently sre. At the moment, I'm under a lot of emotional direst and feel like a loser. I am trying to forget recent events and move on. By "forget" I mean kind of push them aside, not totally get rid of them. As a whole, even when I'm happy, I think it's best to hold onto the past and memories. You know, always remember, even the things that hurt you, and learn from it. However, you can't live in the past and you have to learn to let go to a certain degree.

We really need our memories, good and bad! If I had no memory I would not be able to remember when something hurt me or helped me! I learn from my memory... learn what works and doesn't.. what hurts and what helps.. memory is a wonderful tool!Without a memory there would be no learning!

I think our mind brings back the memories as needed. We don´t remember always everything. And we all have a lot of locked drawers.

Memories are the things that shape what you are so keep them.

I completely agree, memories are important to us, it helps us remember mistakes from the past and helps us try not to repeat such mistakes. It also helps us appreciate the life we have or the people around us by letting us remember treasured moments and good deeds that were done in the past. but unfortunately memories cannot be picked, you cannot choose to remember only a certain memory, that like you said, good or bad, it's there imbedded in our minds. the best thing to do I think is to learn from the past, cherish the ones that are worth keeping, don't dwell on the ones that make you sad or angry and never use it as a leverage to hurt another person.

its good to forget the painful memories.but the fact that the more we try to forget something the more we think of it.so let time do its job.you are not gonna remember everything thats happened to you.if you are then i appreciate your memory.we can always learn something from our memories.i agree with your point.

Hi, Icesmile!
Many times the memories will seem to have been forgotten, but they'll pop up again years later. Sometimes they return in an altered state, skewed in some way that changes the memory somewhat, but usually fairly accurately. The filters of time and experience can sort of rewrite history, but the basics remain the same.

lot of our merious should be forgotten where we can get on with our lives and some should never be forgotten they help us though the days and years that are to come and they make us happy and sad shows we have feelings

memories stay forever unless one get really sick and get some brain malfunction. but normal people, never forget

I don't like to keep memories if those are bad memories, I throw out pictures and letters as I need to move easily and it works for me. I can say that I am not thinking of those bad memories anymore though it stays in my mind as the mind can't forget (not unless you got amnesia and lose your mind) but I don't cry anymore all over about those memories. If we always think and live within those bad memories, we can't move on our own life and it will make us miserable or depressed.