Hump Day QOTD!

Happy Hump Day!

I'm going to off the wedding track today;

One of my favorite movies is Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind. If you have never seen it, it’s basically about being able to erase a memory or something traumatic that happened in your life (a break-up or a death). If this could really happen – would you erase anything? Or would you let life be?

I would definitely let life be. I’m a true believer that every thing happens for a reason. And I think you learn and grow from your experiences in life. Although it seems like a really interesting concept, I don’t think I would want to erase anything from my past.


I hope everyone has a great day!!

I believe the same Jess, that the past makes you who you are today.

But, there are somethings I would erase but would rather not say.

Essentially i do believe everything happens for a reason but at the same time I wish i could erase my dad's death and bring him back to us

AGREED! i will let life be as it has happened in my life. I'm also a true believer in what happens, happens and what is meant to be will be.

All of my past experience made me the person I am today and I have learned to be a better person from my past.

I would want to let everything play out the way it did because Iw ould be afraid that I wouldn't be who I am today without everything happening...

however, I wish I could erase some traumatic events.... (i.e. my dads strokes..... my grandfather/great grandmother dying.... etc---esp since my great grandmother died in my arms.......)

but I am definitely a believer in .. THINGS HAPPEN FOR A REASON

I definitely wouldn't erase anything. I like who I am and where I am at today. I don't think I would be here if it weren't for everything in my past. Good and bad.

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Posted by frenchy702

I would definitely let life be. I’m a true believer that every thing happens for a reason. And I think you learn and grow from your experiences in life. Although it seems like a really interesting concept, I don’t think I would want to erase anything from my past.

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I'm with you on this 100%. I've always said we are who we are today bcuz of the experiences we've been thru.

ESOTSM is actually my favorite movie of all time! I think that the message behind it is really beautiful (you love who you love and there is no changing that). The secondary message of the movie is that you can't runaway from your past. Between that and the therapist in me who think it's important to live through life traumas to become a better person, I would never erase my memory to be able to deal with it easier.

There is actually a drug out now called Propranolol that if taken within a certain time frame of a SPECIFIC event like a rape or a beating it can help to erase the memory because it blocks out part of the emotional response which causes that memory to stick in your mind so strongly. There's a lot of controversy around it as to whether it is ethical or not to prescribe, or even take the drug. 60 minutes did a piece on it, you can go to their website and search it and find the clips.

Honestly when I first read this. There were several times in my life that I would just love to forget. But unfortunately, then, I would not be who I am today. So it is better to just leave well enough alone. God brings us to situations to get us through them and to make us better people. I will leave my experiences, my future, my destiny in His hands and I know 'If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it'


My new moto....'It's only for now'

Bad times are temporary....Joy is FOREVER!!

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Posted by MrsInglima

ESOTSM is actually my favorite movie of all time! I think that the message behind it is really beautiful (you love who you love and there is no changing that). The secondary message of the movie is that you can't runaway from your past. Between that and the therapist in me who think it's important to live through life traumas to become a better person, I would never erase my memory to be able to deal with it easier.

There is actually a drug out now called Propranolol that if taken within a certain time frame of a SPECIFIC event like a rape or a beating it can help to erase the memory because it blocks out part of the emotional response which causes that memory to stick in your mind so strongly. There's a lot of controversy around it as to whether it is ethical or not to prescribe, or even take the drug. 60 minutes did a piece on it, you can go to their website and search it and find the clips.

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This is interesting, I never knew that! Thanks for sharing that!!

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Posted by MrsInglima

ESOTSM is actually my favorite movie of all time! I think that the message behind it is really beautiful (you love who you love and there is no changing that). The secondary message of the movie is that you can't runaway from your past. Between that and the therapist in me who think it's important to live through life traumas to become a better person, I would never erase my memory to be able to deal with it easier.

There is actually a drug out now called Propranolol that if taken within a certain time frame of a SPECIFIC event like a rape or a beating it can help to erase the memory because it blocks out part of the emotional response which causes that memory to stick in your mind so strongly. There's a lot of controversy around it as to whether it is ethical or not to prescribe, or even take the drug. 60 minutes did a piece on it, you can go to their website and search it and find the clips.

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wow that is so interesting!! I'm definitely going to look look at that.