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

Fill them with good memories that you have that’s what I have done all my life and it really helps even hanging out with friends or family. When I was younger that’s what I would do to get all the bad thoughts out of my head. I even safe pictures or cards my family wrote or took so that I can remember that they do care and love me. When dealing with thoughts at first it’s hard to get rid of them but once when u bro g them in with good thoughts u no longer have the urge to remember those bad thoughts that’s what helped me through my depression and anxiety

Think about the future and what you want it to be and make it that. That is what I have learnt to do as I have not had the better pass myself. I know it is hard but you have to focus on a dream that will help you be strong and talk to your friends an family if you want as they want to see you happy. If that don't work then u can always talk to a listener in 7 cups so you have many options and I hope this helped you and goo luck in the future

Learning to forgive what happens and try to focus on the present which is the one that matters now because what you are doing now is the things that will affect your future. Also asking for help from someone close to you which will help to face things not alone and you will get support from them when you feel low or that the memories are too painful to forget or to move on because sometimes we are not that strong to do it by ourselves because sometimes we still feel pain for what happened on that moment.

I think that this is something that happens over time. Give yourself time, and you will see that at some point you will realise that you have forgotten quite a few of the bad things that have happened to you, and if you cannot forget them, you can realise that they don't define you, and your life now can be better than that, because you make your life, and if you want it to be good, you can make it good. And the past won't matter anymore. It will just be the parts of the story that could inspire others who might be going through what you went through back then, and they will be able to say: "He turned out alright." (My little secret -- now not so much of a secret anymore :P -- is that I try to imagine my life as a movie. Bad incidents might even be an asset to the story of my life! For example, if you've seen the movie "One Chance," you see Paul Potts bullied in his childhood. His bad past, though, made a really inspiring story.) The past is gone. What you have in your hands to make something of NOW, is the present.

Memories are something we hold onto. Sometimes they are good ones or bad . They are not something that will disappear but our attitude towards them can help . The more we relive them and think about them can have a positive or negative impact. We must remember that a memory had passed and we cannot change it . Making a list of all the good memories maybe helpful and a distraction when the memories you Want to forget arise. Just remember no matter who you are we all have bad memories to deal with so your not alone. Even talking to someone about them can be beneficial and if you want to remain anonymous, seven cups is the perfect place to do that as there is always a listener 24/7 available .

Memories are not something you forget. You should stop waning to forget about them and start trying to know how to live with them. For example, let's say you have experienced trauma of some sort. You can't forget about it. You literally can't. But you can find a way to deal with how that makes you feel. Like a coping mechanism of some sort. Forgetting is not the solution nor is it something you can do, but you can always overcome it by 'getting over it'. Like, by letting yourself know that it did happen and that it was real, but that now you're okay and you are past that.

You can‘t forget them... but you can accept and understand them! It will be a hard time, but with help of your therapist/family you will get trough it, and you won‘t think so often of it. Forgetting is almost impossible, but what is possible is you to cope with the situation and understand: this is my past and I can‘t change it... it was bad but I am strong now, let me go into my perfect future! Memories will come back sometimes, but as soon as you make new ones, you will slowly start to notice that the past memories are disappearing in the „dark side“ of the brain :)

Counseling - there are tons of different types of counseling for your comfort and convenience. Healthy coping is essential for a brighter future, but is what you should be more focused on. Mood/Emotions journals can be very useful too. Mediation can be a form of a mood/emotions journal in the form of thoughts versus pen to paper or in a smartphone app. Focus on new goals, like exercising daily. Exercise generates endorphins which improves our moods. The more you learn about exercise the more you'll improve and reach your fitness goal. Sometimes replacing a bad memory with a positive yet challenging goal can be rewarding and uplift your present and future, while overshadowing the bad memories that once seemed so overwhelming.

You don’t forget that’s the worst thing you could do I understand it may feel like the best thing to do to just forget all the bad things that happened but trust me it doesn’t help. Personally I have had some bad experiences from my childhood that I have yet to come face to face with and some are even suppressed and I remember searching online for hours upon end how to further repress memories and I just ended up crying and i am now thankful I didn’t find out because if I did I would find it even harder to open up and opening up is still a problem for me

This is tough, I too have a lot of bad memories.Who doesn't? But it's because of the bad things that happened to me made me the stronger person I am today. Have you ever thought, that why we remember the bad things instead of the good things. Well if we forget our mistakes, if we forget that we trusted someone and that person broke our trust or something very bad happened to us because we were careless, if we forget then we will REPEAT and again trust and we will hurt ourselves again. So I suggest that we don't try to forget or regret the bad past. Because it's out of our lives it's gone, the word 'past' it's self saying. But we shouldn't make it our weakness and let it ruin our future, but instead make it our strength learn from it and make a wonderful future. Because we can.