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 Forgive and forget? (9)

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Forgive and forget?

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Forgiving takes a weight off everyone's shoulders, and really just makes things easier. Forgetting keeps you vulnerable.

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Absolutely.*

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I will forgive some things, I won't forget.

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Absolutely.*

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I don't think you can forgive without forgetting. When I can't forgive someone it's always because I am overwhelmend by the pain I feel while thinking about what has happened. It's only when that pain has diminished that I can begin to forgive.

As long as the memory of the incident(s) is crystal clear, the pain will stay the same. I have to distance myself from the memory in order to be less hurt. I have to unlearn my reponse to what happened. While this unlearning doesn't exactly match up with what we usually consider forgetting, I do think it's accurate to call unlearning a form of forgetting. So forgiving implies forgetting.

You can, however, forget without forgiving, so the converse isn't true.

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you cant forgive a person unless he is sorry for what he did.. but its not every time good to forget bad things..they can always become a good experience for you in the end

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Absolutely.*

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Don't forgive always, and some things you shouldn't forget.

I feel I should mention Hitler or something, but I'm getting a bad reputation for stuff like that on this site xD

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Agreed*