I heard from someone (not a reliable source) that not all anesthesia is to numb the pain, some (for example those which put u to sleep during an operation/surgery) make u/yr brain forget u felt it. So they kinda delete it.
So the questions:
1.) Is that true;
2.)If it is, theoretically, can we decide which memories to delete (or doctors);
2.) If we can, or can’t. Can we use them on people that have trauma, for example we can delete all.
3.) Can it cause amnesia if doctors overdose.
U don’t have to answer to all of them, u can do 1/2/3.) *answer.
In: 1
1. It’s partially true. Some anesthetics numb pain and others actually put you in essentially a medically unconscious state. Other medications do interfere with memory formation so you “forget” feeling pain, but these aren’t used by themselves. They’re typically used with a general anesthetic that makes you unconscious, and when you’re unconscious, you aren’t experiencing pain anyway.
2. No, you cannot selectively erase memories or selectively prevent memory formation for specific events.
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