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

This is a very tough question. I find myself struggling sometimes to "forget" some of my past. I've come to realise that I am unable to literally "forget" my past, and the more I try to forget, the more those bad memories amplify. The one thing that I think helps the most, is to accept what we've experienced. Accept them wholeheartedly, acknowledge that we have been through them, then saying to ourselves "we got past it". We got past the bad experiences and we are different and stronger because of that part of our past.

We tend to think about the bad memories of past,it remain in the subconscious mind, the only way out is to divert our mind, keeping it involves in positive activities, that make us feel good, we are not machines with a button to delete the memories forever, but we can learn to move on with our life, and not letting our mind to get fixated on that bitter past experiences

Make new memories, better than before. explore your surroundings. take a look on the little things.

Try to focus on your new memories. The good ones. You can never completely forget about the bad memories, but you can gain experience from them.

It is next to impossible... it is almost like trying to forget your love ones...you can't forget your bad memories...but you can create new memories which helps in to fight with bad memories.

Bad memories leave traces deeper than the good ones, so it's nearly impossible to forget about them. But you can try learning from them, what you shouldn't do next time, accept them as a past and focus about what's coming in the future, because at least you can still control the future and make happy memories out of it to replace the bad ones.

By realizing that those memories are just that - memories. These events or memories occurred in the past and have now past. They cannot be changed or altered in any way. But thinking about them ruins our present and even our future. Forgetting about them and moving on is the only thing one can do to make the best of what we have.

Face them first. Think about why did they happen and why are they bad. And are they really bad? Have they maybe made you a better person that you are today? We all have bad memories but sometimes we forget how good of an impact they actually might have made. Like making us more clever, experienced, better, etc.

I always feel that looking forward to small goals in the future help and remind yourself that you dont have any control over your past but you do have control of your future and thats the thing that will effect you here and now!

Try to seek therapy. The brain is very complex and has many functions. It will be best to talk to someone and look forward to taking therapy to clear your head once and for all. Some people can read plenty of books and really progress individually, others have to do this with another person to really understand the function of their brain in a more simplified way.