Having our traumatic memories erased can lead to greater harm. Throughout the article, Jonah Lehrer talks about the different treatments people succumb to in order to have their worst memories erased. Some of the treatments include PKMzeta inhibitors, Propanol, MDMA, etc. While all of the drugs have the same goal of wiping out bad memories, they each have their downsides that causes them to fail. While drugs seems like a worthy idea, ultimately what happens is people will not learn from their past mistakes which therefore leads them to repeat the same actions such as drug addiction. By taking pills to erase memories, this will enable people to lose total control of their mind by not becoming the person they want to be. Starting off, everyone has experienced …show more content…
Jeffrey Mitchell, who is a firefighter, witnessed one himself. One day during his career, he happened to witness a horrible event which a car had violently smashed into a pickup truck leading a young bride dead. For much of his life, he tried forgetting the events by not talking it out. But ultimately, that was a failure so one day, he told his brother about the experience he witnessed. He later felt free from that event. He eventually started a program called CISD which is basically a therapeutic session. What people ended founding out was, “ those who went through a debriefing were more anxious and depressed and nearly three times as likely to suffer from PTSD” ( Lehrer 2). The ultimate problem is that by trying to remember a traumatic event right after it happens leads to even more fear and stress. “ According to a recent survey, 63 percent of Americans believe that human memory, ‘works like a