How can I forget about the bad memories of my past?

You need to forgive those who hurt you as well as yourself. In order to create peace in the present, you need to create peace with the past, and that means forgiveness.

Try not to ruminate about the past. Accept I cannot change the past and focus on how I can affect my future by decisions I make now, not because of things in the past.

Knowing that there's nothing you can do to change the past but you can always improve the future. You need to forgive and forget, build new goals and grow stronger from the lessons you have learned.

The time heals the wounds, as the time goes on it will get easier and another possible method is meeting a therapist that could help you.

Leave the past in the past and take a step forward , you should accept that even thinking about them is a waste of your time, try to make use of what you've learned from those bad memories instead

You cannot forget. But you cannot go back. Every moment is the present and every moment becomes the past. Do not forget that.

There is no forgetting, only accepting and moving on. Your past is what made you who you are today, embrace that.

I've learnt the very hard way you don't want forget the past but live through it and brave on through it. Hold your head high and no matter what know it doesn't define who you are.

It sounds like there are some painful memories associated with your past. I can understand wanting to forget about them. However, it's not necessarily about forgetting bad memories, but rather accepting that they've happened. This is because, "The more you welcome your feelings, the more you’ll have the capacity for pleasant feelings to exist alongside the difficult ones. (Zamore & Leutenberg.)" If you'd be interested, there are some coping strategies located in the self-help guides here on 7 Cups. If you're still having trouble after looking through some, feel free to contact one of the many active listeners on here. Thank you for being.

In my experience, you can't. I feel that the purpose of bad memories is to teach us lessons about ourselves and how we want to act NOW. The past can not be changed, but it can show us what we want to see change for our future.