Everyone has past mistakes that they would like to go back and change, if it were possible. The negative emotions often associated with these mistakes is reason enough for us to desire their disappearance from memory. Why is it so difficult to forget these events? A plausible answer is that it rests within you, the individual, and how you continue to allow past events to affect you into the present. We can learn from the past, but this does not automatically imply everlasting retention of pain or trauma. Where we can, we must let go at some point.
Why is it Difficult to Forget Past Mistakes?
Everyone has past mistakes that they would like to go back and change, if it were possible. The negative emotions often associated with these mistakes is reason enough for us to desire their disappearance from memory. Why is it so difficult to forget these events? A plausible answer is that it rests within you, the individual, and how you continue to allow past events to affect you into the present. We can learn from the past, but this does not automatically imply everlasting retention of pain or trauma. Where we can, we must let go at some point.