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

I think the goal should not be to forget bad memories but to live through the experienced emotions and understand yourself and your own biography in relation to good and bad memories. Of course it is important to confront pain in a way that you can digest it in a healthy way. Seeking empathy and understanding in relation to your bad experiences is a way to deal with negative emotions and release every sense of shame. If you were able to confront and understand the memories and their effects on your life you will be able to move forward

This question is a tricky one because it has to do with our brain and memory storage. I don't believe there is a way to forget bad memories. I think you have to heal from those bad memories and turn them into something bright. I don't think you should ignore the bad things that happen to you in life. You should grow and learn from them. Forgetting should never be an option because you will never learn from forgetting. Be a seed and grow. Turn those bad memories into water and sunlight. Don't ever forget bad memories; instead, grow and learn from them.

You aren’t going to forget immediately. It takes time to work through the bad memories. Without working through then, either on your own or with someone else, theres no potentially forgetting. And you may never truly forget those memories. But being able to move past the emotions tied to those memories is healing in a way, I think. And it’s ok for the memories to be hard to move past, or even really easy to move past. No one processes things the same, and no one has the same things to process and move past. Take your time - as much time as you need.

To note that when you have a memory that still attaches to you for years, it may be that there is something that you need to learn from the experience, something that you need to acknowledge on why did you do it or why did it happen, you yourself know this subconsciously. You can never forget the memories that left you deep impression even though they are in the past, you may try to forget it entirely by distracting yourself from remembering it, but it is still gonna be there sitting inside your head growing larger on the way to make tantrum because you ignore it. Face the memory, reflect deeply about it and learn yourself through it. Because when you accept what happened, you would also make the memory as a lesson, not a bad memory.

We don't delete memories, we replace them. Our brain stores everything we encounter with so deleting or forgetting is not a mechanism, we just replace those data with new data coming in. Replace your bad memories with new memories, by creating moments s with family friends, loved ones. Talk to as many people you want. Talk to them about how you feel. Eventually, you will forget those bad ones when you have a new one to cherish. gIve your self a start. Go out, do crazy things you love, get a good hobby, play some instrument. Do mindfulness practice, do the workout. Feel good.

I know that sometimes it can be hard to forget the bad memories of the past. It's not easy. As harmful as these past occurrences may have been, everything happens for a reason. In the long run, you will grow and flourish from these experiences. Take what you have learned from these experiences and use them in your everyday life. They can even help you become a better person. Be the person you with you had during these experiences. Try taking time to yourself to reflect and the amazing person you are. And how you've grown from everything in your past.

Bad memories can be bad thing to deal with it indeed . i think we have 2 choices ...either each bad memory we somehow cover it with 3 good ones ... or we take the bad ones ... and have pieces of them until they do not matter anymore . Each life has bad and good ones ... The important thig is not to let the bad ones to stop us continue making good memories . Because those matter most .. from those we get the good vib and energy we need ...Keep making good memories

You can't forget about the past, you can only accept it, learn from it and move on from it. Accepting it will show that you understand that you can't move back in time and change anything, and that it happened. Learning from it will show that you understood the mistake and that it gave you a lesson. And in the end, you will be finally able to move on from it. Also, distracting yourself from thinking these memories (after doing the steps above) will help you a lot! I hope you are having a good day! Love you! xx - Katherine

I found it best to find a hobby or something calm and soothing to do .Like listening to positive music , painting , reading .Doing things that are therapeutic for the mind so you can center yourself and think of your bad experiences as stepping stools.these stepping stools are parts of you and they build you although they may hurt .Sidetracking yourself may help you forget temporarily but it’ll come back , you should speak with friends , family, and anyone who’s willing to have an open ear because when you talk about things they usually lets the majority of the pressure off.

Remember that the past is the past. A lot of my anxiety stems from my brain lying to me and telling me that I'm nothing because of the bad memories I have about myself and the things I have been through. The person that hurt you in the past cannot ever hurt you again. The bad memories cannot hurt you anymore. You've made it this far. You can keep it up and make it further. This mantra helped me more than words can say: "just because the thought exists doesn't mean it's true." I repeat it in my head over and over again until I feel better.