Please, this is VERY important?

Question:

okay, memories can kill. if you experience something so mentally defeating, then it can cause death, it can affect you way too much. i know that medical advances have become very advanced. please, if anyone knows, or knows a place that i can find out, or could spend some time trying to find this out for me i would greatly appreciate it. im helping a friend, and she may die if i dont find this out. please, does anyone know if they have something that can erase your memory, like some electric current thing, or electric shock to your brain, anything like that, that will erase memories? i know that it has to be possible, but i need proof, or a way to actually get that done.
thankyou to anyone who tries to help me, you may end up saving my friends life

Answers:
It sounds like your friend might be suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. This disease can be very crippling to the sufferer, and cause some of the symptoms you say your friend might be having. There are studies being done about how to suppress bad memories. A good one is here http://www.technologyreview.com/biotech/... . But the best thing would be for your friend to see a psychologist or psychiatrist. Good luck, and I hope she can find the help she needs.

If it were only that easy *sigh*

If things are so bad for YOUR FRIEND why don't you take her to a doctor instead of trying to figure things out yourself?

The best place to deal with memories is in therapy. There is no erase button. People experience traumatic things, they deal with it in their own way, if they have trouble dealing with it, then they seek professional help (such as therapy). My advice: see a psychologist.

what is it thats bothering her? I hope shes ok. I dont know if anything actually works but i did hear news about a drug that could erase memories. How long ago did the event happen and how has your friends ben trying to deal with it?

Please, this is VERY important?

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