I think having a broken heart or the death of a loved one are things that make you stronger (eventually) and help you deal with it the next time. It's essential human experience.
But being tortured, raped, or abused is not essential human experience. I know my difficult childhood has made me a significantly different person than I would have been. Would I erase it and the personality traits it's given me? Yes, I think I probably would.
If you could go thru a procedure to forget painful memories would you?
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I think having a broken heart or the death of a loved one are things that make you stronger (eventually) and help you deal with it the next time. It's essential human experience.
But being tortured, raped, or abused is not essential human experience. I know my difficult childhood has made me a significantly different person than I would have been. Would I erase it and the personality traits it's given me? Yes, I think I probably would.