(April 6, 2019 at 5:05 pm)Der/die AtheistIn Wrote: Unfortunately, there are terrible things in our lives. The death of someone dear to you will affect you for life, and many other bad things.
Let me know if you figure out a better answer, but I'm afraid the answer is "You can't forget, especially the worse things that happen."
It seems to me that bad memories are one of those things which evolution has saddled us with for the sake of our genes rather than our own sakes. Evolution wants us to be sure to avoid similar problems in the future, ragardless of the needless suffering it causes us in the meantime.
Perhaps other people's brains work differently, but I bet they don't.
