R-man, I really don't want to. I look back and enjoy my life, mistakes and all.

Lynne

It's the dark side coming out.. I don't think you can re-block them.
How wild were you?

you have to come to terms with them, or at least come to peace with them. I cant block things out, but I can learn from them. your past is part of who you are.

You will find a way. And then they will be back. I was a blocker for my X. It didn't really work so he sought out another to be the blocker. SO far so good, I guess, until her husband divorces her. Problem is they fail to look at the mess they leave in the wake.

You shouldn't block them. Let them play out. And let them go. Is this about food?

Don't block, Rman. They will still haunt you in your subconscious mind. Work through them in order to say goodbye to them

Have you heard of EMDR therapy?

this is real progress. you should be proud of how far you have come.

hugs!

I agree with Nova, work through them. Don't let the ghost of past deeds haunt your life forever...

I worked at a pizza joint during that time in my life. I always had access to free pizza...now I don't...
I don't want to talk about it anymore...

http://www.emdr.com/briefdes.htm

Well, that wasn't too helpful I guess.

If you don't deal with those feelings do you ever think you will be able to get past them? I have tried to hide from my past only to have the issues resurface and create additional issues. Dealing with the issues is helping me quite a bit.

good advice...thanks.
i joke, but i'm still serious...kind of...
I understand from these comments and links, that it is good to just go through the pain of anything, in order to get to the other side...

Just file them away... get them out and use them as a learning experience as needed...... memories are very valuable in the process of healing.

I have childhood memories I purposely forgot. I remember specifically telling myself that I didn't want to remember over and over.

My sister called one time and talked about some of those issues. It all came back in perfect clarity and for about a week the memories were back....I remember wishing that I could forget again.....and I did.

If you need to forget and it's not something that you need to work through.....you will. The mind is incredibly protective. But if it's something that you need to know to work through.....your mind will bring it all forward too.

Hugs. I've talked to an amazing number of people and you'd be surprised at how many deal with this stuff. It's eyeopening for me to see my mother interact with my children. All I can say is that my childhood must have been a hundred times worse than I even thought about it. My greatest fear was her impact on my kids....but the amazing thing is that she's so over the top that it mostly doesn't affect them.

Sigh. Hard to explain. Anyway hugs for working through whatever you need to work through.

I haven't read any other posts...

My answer is: You CANNOT block Memories. Period.

The reason you are having a Total Recall is because your mind is remembering a past time whe you were as low as you are now. It's bringin you back ~ showing you all it knows about how to deal with ...well... the depths of hell.

I know this will sound preachy.. but I don't mean it to...

Please do not let your Memories Dictate what your Ruture Holds.

((Long Hug))