I do, don't know why but after a while I just forget all about it.
Could it be denial?
2007-12-09 14:03:17 · 23 answers · asked by nomorecapri 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
We like to remember the good things that happen to us rather than dwell on the bad. Those good things push the bad memories to the back of the bus.
2007-12-09 14:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by cherokee_jack 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not so sure if it's denial or having the desire to look past things and become a happier person. I've been through many occasions of which I've opted to forget the details. I think subconsciously you know to do this because whenever you don't have the pain and heartache boiling in the back of your head, you feel better.
2007-12-09 22:07:09 · answer #2 · answered by Lady 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could happen. Depending on how bad it was, it can be totally blocked in your mind. It's not necessarily denial, but a way in which your mind protects itself. I know of a woman who is 40 that just recently found out that she was raped when she was 18. In her mind, she had convinced herself that she had just passed out from being drunk. When she woke up, she didn't have any pants on, but she just thought that she just forgot to put them back on after going to the bathroom. She realized now that that wasn't the case as more details came back to her.
2007-12-09 22:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by randmthots 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't actually FORGET it that easily, but I don't let it alter me. So, i don't dwell on it. I simply fill my life with more important things.
There are some kinds of hurt that people have that they need to forget - traumatic events that could ruin their lives if they let it. Different people handle these events differently, some can't handle the damage and wall it off, other's are shattered by it, and still others become wiser and stronger.
2007-12-09 22:11:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think people forget when something bad happens to them. I think they move on and get stronger. They don't dwell on the past. Something bad that has happened to you cannot be forgotten. I will use men who served in the military, they rarely speak about it but, they dream about it. When asked they can almost give you a step by step report on what happened.
2007-12-09 22:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by CommonSense 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's kind of funny because the only things I vividly remember from my childhood are the bad things. People think it's weird because I don't remember much about my childhood except two times where I had near death experiences. Unfortunately I remember them really well.
2007-12-09 22:07:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is almost impossible to forget something like that. If you are emotionally inept you will be well on your way to get it behind you. But to forget it completely... I don't think so. You may try hypnotism. Although I do not recommend it. William
2007-12-09 22:11:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I forget most of what happens to me. It's not denial for me.
2007-12-09 22:07:35 · answer #8 · answered by Doubledown 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Denial? Nah, I don't think so.. I think you are positive and optimistic. There is no need to keep the bad things done to you in your memory.
2007-12-09 22:07:40 · answer #9 · answered by Sky High 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wish I could forget, but it's always there. And when I do forget, I always remember again, and that only makes it worse.
2007-12-09 22:16:11 · answer #10 · answered by No Shortage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋