But to scientists, memories are nothing more than a series of chemical and physical changes, the firing of a nerve here, which sends electrochemical impulses to another nerve there, which together encode everything that we associate with a memory.
But exactly what do those changes look like? And is it possible to override them? In a milestone paper published in the journal Nature, scientists may have provided some answers, explaining how emotional baggage gets attached to memories, and how that can be manipulated to quite literally turn bad memories good. In separate work appearing in the journal PLOS ONE, researchers say that a commonly used anesthetic gas, xenon, if administered at exactly the right moment, can also strip the painful and negative feelings associated with a traumatic memory, essentially neutralizing it.
The findings from both groups come from mouse studies, but the two teams are confident that the results will further efforts to understand and find new ways to treat depression and post traumatic stress disorder in people.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind becoming a reality. That'd be nuts. I don't think I'd do it but who knows.
I could think of a few traumatic things to erase tbh. I bet the procedure would be pricey and who knows if health insurances in America would cover it if it were to become a reality.
Emotional moments in your life make a shortcut to your long-term memory, making you never forget it, for a reason. It makes you strong, and it helps you better yourself in the future.
That'd be nuts. I don't think I'd do it but who knows. 
I will always remember how amazing TFM was when I first heard it
