Braaaaaaaains//Day 5

My brain hurts. I've had a nasty headache all day, which stinks. But I also got a great facial done today, and my face feels so nice. I ended up spending $100 (which was way more than the $20 I was expecting to spend), but it will hopefully help clear my skin up.

But in other brain-y news, I stumbled upon this article on Facebook by FoxNews (yes, I know, I was surprised too...), Spotless Mind? Erasing Painful Memories May Soon Happen, and it is pretty flabbergasting. I guess since I have been deep in The Hunger Games world, which has the huge undercurrent of memories running throughout, it really struck me. Granted, it seems pretty amazing to do for people that suffer from PTSD, such as war veterans and rape victims. Since it is drug therapy and behavioral therapy, it does seem like people could relapse easily, or become too reliant on the therapy.

However, I also don't know how you can remove just ONE memory, without completing effecting all your other memories. Or memories related to the "bad" one. Yes, terrible things happen. But what if you learned something great about yourself from it? Or met a new person that helped you through it or became a pivotal part of your life? What if that led you to volunteer or donate to an important cause? How can you separate a REALLY bad memory from a semi-bad one? Or from a good one?

Also, I feel like, after awhile, like with most things, people are going to take advantage of this therapy, and will ask for treatment to get over an ex or failing a test or not finding the boots they wanted in the right size and a whole myriad of stupid reasons. I think it is treading on such a fine line between being ethical and unethical that it's scary.

I don't think I would ever do this, though. I have gone through some awful times in my life, but I have learned from them. And I think dealing with problems is the only way we can truly grow as people. I think I would feel like I am cheating at life if something bad happens and I can just forget it completely. Because I might not remember it, but that doesn't mean that it didn't happen.

Would you take part in this therapy to "erase" memories? Do you think it makes it easier/harder to be taken advantage of?



DAY 5
I think my favorite fight scene remains the final battle in THE HUNGER GAMES with the muttations. It was one of the first times that I felt real, visceral, physical pain while reading, and it is just one of those scenes that just sticks with you. Plus, those mutts were effing scary, and only goes to show how absolutely despicable the Capitol was. Though I do like the thought of Peeta just beating the shit out of Brutus and killing him in CATCHING FIRE...