I would want to regain all of my memories. They are after all, my memories. Everything that has happened in my life to make me the person I am today. Plus, it's those bad memories that teach use life lessons. Who would want to live through that again?

Been there, done that! I would want all my memories back. After having a sailboat boom drop on my head, I had a lot of trouble remembering things, good and bad. Instead of remembering to avoid certain people and things, I got hurt all over again. Only the second time of getting burned hurts worst when you finally remember the first incidents leading up to the second. And then it hurts all over again for a third time. It's very very distressing to have to live through it again and again.

Just the good. Bad memories carry with them a lot of baggage I don't need in my life today. It would be nice to be loving and innocent again without the bitterness or cynicism that life's experiences can bestow.

The argument FOR bad memories may be valid for some, but I'm a much better person for the good things that have happened in my life than the bad. I don't mind learning lessons over again. Fortunately as an adult, most of the bad memories I have were from lessons learned as a child that wouldn't even happen in adulthood. So I'm okay letting them go completely and just living for today.

Besides, there are already many bad memories that I no longer retain (I have to dig for them) and I'm no worse for it. It serves no purpose to have the rest. Memories do not equal intelligence. My good memories would be sufficient for what made for a good experience. Intelligently I'd be able to compare a new choice to what resulted in good memories and the "wrong" choice would stand out as different.

I don't need a bad memory of a cheating spouse to know that cheating on my spouse is wrong or someone cheating on me is also wrong. I can make great choices with no memories of bad times. Why can't other people?