If you had amnesia...

I think I would like the fresh start actually. What's done is done and if destiny means I am doomed to repeat some of my mistakes then at least I would be facing issues in my life with a fresh perspective! The downside though is not knowing all the people from your past anymore.

In the case you have just described I would rather start out with no past at all. That way I could create whatever past I wanted, right here from the present.

I would rather know all about my past. its difficult to start blank and new when you know that you had a life previously. Whatever It my be, a criminal life, a good life, a normal life, I would rather know it. I would take it as a second chance to live and live it more substantially and the way I want it to.

this is a tough question. just like you i would choose the former not only that i could learn of my past but at the same time knowing that i was a bad person in the past doesn't mean that i can't change my old ways for a better me in the present and in the future. with this i can even ask forgiveness to those that i have hurt in the past and enjoy life with these people.

Hi there! I also would choose having a past. The past is still a part of me though I may have been bad. At least I have something to think about and a reason to change. I also would know if there are people whom I have hurt and angry with me then I would like to ask forgiveness from them. I think every past is important - good or bad. The past is what makes us who we are. I also agree with you that we can learn something the past and learning from it can make us a better person in the future. Ciao!

Hi there anne..Well I will choose to come back eventhough I am still a bad person because I don't want to forget the special memories that remain just a memory and then suddenly will be gone like that.Being a bad person can change and no matter what it takes past is still part of my life.Without the past then I don't know who I am.Maybe there are lots of reasons why I don't want to forget it but you will let me choose to forget something then I will just the past that I don't want to remember but not all..:-0 God bless and have a nice day..:-0

Starting a new life without any past memories is easier said than done. Moments of happiness and joy are derived from our feelings of sadness and pain. And as you have mentioned as well, we learn from our experiences.

Well, first of all, that could not happen, as I am a very good person. Not a door mat, to be sure, but a very good person nevertheless. But I believe that those who do not learn the lessons of history are destined to repeat them, so I would want to know my own past as well as the past of my society. So I think that we agree there. And assuming one were a bad person or a person who did some bad things, not remembering them does not make them less bad. So if what comes around goes around, then a person who had some past to redress could be very confused when bad things happen.

if i had one i wish not to know the bad things that happened to my life..i wish to forget all the pain and make a new life a brand new one out of the miserable one

hi saintanne I too think I would like to get my past back and start over fresh making sure everyone knew I was a different person now, and not a bad person any longer. I think if I started over fresh there would be people who would remember my past and throw it up at me over and over, so why not get all your memory back and face the blasted past.

Hello SainAnne! I'd rather know my past because I believe life is pretty much difficult and empty without the knowledge of our past events/activities. They may be unfavorable and hurting but at least the knowledge we'll learn from them is truly rewarding.

I'd rather know of my bad past because I know I could always make a fresh new start because my bad self is in the past. At least I know which bad things should I change and in that way I could learn how to start all over again.

I would want my memory back and learn from it. I would like to know how bad am I with the people around me and to the world and then start changing those bad attitude and to become a better person.

Good or bad of my history are still my rich experience. its true that sometime I want forgot the bad one. Even I have a negative balance in my account. lol But I know that I may not run away from my responsibility. The good thing of my bad is I can advice our family or fiends not to do what I did

Hi anne, I agree with you! No matter what I had done I would still want to know. I wouldn't want to wipe out my past. I may not like what I find out, but it still was my past so I would need to know. Since we know that you can't change the past and can only learn from it I know that I wouldn't be able to live in good conscience without knowing if I had really done something terrible to someone. I would have to find out to see if I could fix it or I wouldn't be able to live my life in peace.

I would prefer to have my memory back. I would feel ashamed of myself if I found out that I had been a bad person to everyone and I would regret my behavior, but would still prefer to remember the things that happened. It would be a part of me and a part of my history. I might not like to think about what happened, but if I know the facts I can learn from it and hopefully that will prevent me from making the same mistake again.