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New Drugs May Be Able To Reduce "mental Illness" By Erasing Past And Painful Memories.
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. I'm watching Sky News. A typical "expert" is saying why she likes the drug.
I put my question with an example: baby dies, diagnosed as cot death; are the unfortunate parents better or worse off for forgetting the experience?
I put my question with an example: baby dies, diagnosed as cot death; are the unfortunate parents better or worse off for forgetting the experience?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Can you explain how this drug is supposed to work? I saw a headline in the press but didn't read on thinking it was hokum. The death of someone near maybe painful, but if the memory of it was 'removed' wouldn't the life preceding it have to be removed too?
In your example how could the memory of the cot-death be removed without that of the pregnancy and everything connected with it which came before?
In your example how could the memory of the cot-death be removed without that of the pregnancy and everything connected with it which came before?
An interesting possibility, that a drug (in particular, it seems to be mainly drugs currently used to treat MS) could selectively remove traumatic memories and thereby improve mental health. Most of the research so far, however, seems to have been carried out on mice, so is of questionable generalisability. Extensive human trials are needed before any great faith could be placed in the efficacy of the drugs as PTSD treatment.
OG; I don't think a woman could selectively forget the death of a child without remembering the pregnancy which preceded it.
"I remember being pregnant, - now what happened to that baby, I wonder".
I think the remorse of thinking you had been negligent would be as bad as facing the fact of the cot-death.
"I remember being pregnant, - now what happened to that baby, I wonder".
I think the remorse of thinking you had been negligent would be as bad as facing the fact of the cot-death.
If drugs can be used to selectively remove memories it seems very scary to me.
This is a step towards brainwashing via drugs. The possible implications are horrific.
Imagine what this could do in the hands of an unscrupulous police force or government!! Feed the population drugs in their food / water to eliminate memory of genocide or state sponsored murder. Or just to ensure the populace retain only good memorys of government policy?
This is a step towards brainwashing via drugs. The possible implications are horrific.
Imagine what this could do in the hands of an unscrupulous police force or government!! Feed the population drugs in their food / water to eliminate memory of genocide or state sponsored murder. Or just to ensure the populace retain only good memorys of government policy?
Some information here
http:// www.nhs .uk/new s/2014/ 05May/P ages/Co uld-an- MS-drug -erase- traumat ic-memo ries.as px
Still very early to make a prediction as to possible effects, but 'chilling' nonetheless!
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Still very early to make a prediction as to possible effects, but 'chilling' nonetheless!
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