by Mary
....would you take it? Someone on a forum recently posted this question.
We're a little bit skeptical about how useful such a med would be, even if it did what it claims to do. Memories (or any element of our life history) don't exist in a vacuum. The trauma affects other aspects of our life even if we don't notice it directly.
Also, if memories were wiped out, the "empty space" in our psyche would have to be filled with something else. What would this be? Artificial good memories? Additional trauma caused by the disappearance of trauma that needs to heal?
People new to understanding their multiplicity sometimes ask if they can "get rid of" a troublesome system member. We tell them we don't think this is possible, because such an individual is part of the total self and serves an important purpose in the whole, even if that purpose is outdated and needs to change for the better.
Likewise, for the health of the system, trauma needs to be resolved in some fashion--not necessarily by digging for memories, but by processing the feelings and the pain that are present. We are who we are because of where we've been and what we've gone through. Tampering with the healing process may cause more harm than good, we think.
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