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I don't. I think the brain can recover from most things. Some things, however, it may be better to forget.

i think my brain does that automatically. I don't remember much about when I was suicidal, I don't remember my grandpa dying and there are other things I've forgotton that were sad.

as being diasgnosed with DID ive come against the doubt of belief in repressive memory and other things associated with DID and i think its doesnt occur exactly as freud describes and repressed memory has a way of popping up on you..thats when my life began top unravel..when i started getting flashes of the things i had buried. and now that ive become aware of my alternates fully and i am merely listing in i am confronted with remembered instances frequently..and to my surprise along with the bad some good meorys were buried down too.perticurily with my father. Which makes me wonder just how my mind decided to repress wich memories.

Even if you forget bad memories of the past they may still be hidden in the back of your mind, which causes problems. Necessary for survival? It can caus more problems, so no.

Though I haven't re-remembered stuff, I also belive in it. My grandpa died when i was 6. You'd think I would remember at least one of the following
- knowing he was going to die
- bieng told he had died
- telling my sister he had died
- visitng my grandmother and him not being there
- my family grieving
- being sad about his death

Nope. None of that. I want to remember more of him, and remember what it's like when someone you love dies.

Also, I didn't know my Aunt had died until about a year afterweards. I'm certain my parents would have told me something like that.

I think our stories are proof.

I was raped at 16. The only reason I know this is because it was brought out under hypnosis (as well as my friend who was there has repetitively told me)