Anonymous
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Sep 13, 2018
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Worry does nothing to help you. The past will not be changed. If you want a different future, you must live in that future or you will be stuck in past mistakes. A person could spend their entire lives in regret of mistakes...but it will never change those mistakes or make them go away. Envison what you desire for your future life state and work within your means to go in that direction. If you focus on this and forgive yourself, you will not have time to dwell on things that you wish you could change.
heretohelp9292
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Oct 14, 2018
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Some things that have helped me to let go of things from my own past have been to practice acceptance of these things and have compassion for myself. It can be hard to practice radical acceptance, but actively trying to work towards this brings me a little closer to acceptance step by step. We cannot change our past and it can be truly hard to sit with this reality, but there is always hope for the future and what's to come. Self-compassion has also been huge for me. I tend to ruminate on all of the little mistakes I've made in the past or all the unpleasant happenings in my life. But, practicing self-compassion has been helping me to be kind to myself and to move forward with my life and my own goals.
Anonymous
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Nov 4, 2018
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Letting go of your past is very difficult and takes time. But confronting your past and not giving it power over you anymore is a great start. Just make sure you don’t put yourself in that position too early. It does need to be treaded in lightly but you’ll know when the right time comes. And when you cross that bridge, you’ll feel as if a huge weight has been lifted off of your shoulders and the sun will shine just a little big brighter! Just remember that your well being is what matters most and if you don’t let go of the past, there’s not a bright future!
Anonymous
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Dec 7, 2018
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Writing is a great tool. You can write about what you would like to let go of until you feel lighter. Also meditation is wonderful to be the observer of old patterns.
lovelyOcean58
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Feb 8, 2019
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Focus solely on the future. Try to place a new mindset on yourself and use the belief of everything happens for a reason. Changing the past is impossible, so do not live there. Instead keep moving forward, there is a better future out there. There will be triggers, bad memories and emotions, that will try and hold you back, but can’t let them. Try to use all your will power to fight against the bad emotions. There is a lot of different methods of self care, so you can heal and move forward. Anything is possible and do not let self doubt hold you back.
Anonymous
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Mar 23, 2019
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The past isn't something you can get rid of. It happened it's there, the trick to dealing with things from your past is acceptance. You can't change the past, you can revisit things in your past and gain new understanding of them from life experiences happening in the moment, but the past will always and forever be what it is. The only time that you can truly act in is the now. The now may effect the future but there is no way to predict exactly what effect the now will have. Take a look at the mindful exercises here on 7 cups and practice being present in the moment. You can use daily tasks like working, washing dishes, cleaning up, anything and think about what you are seeing, feeling physically, smelling in that moment and remembering that the past is a place we can visit, but a not a place that we can change.
DancingSkies
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May 22, 2019
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Letting go of the past isn't an easy task, it can be difficult to move on with something that's burdening us. However it's not fair to yourself to be constantly living in the past. We cannot change our past, all we can do is accept the past for what it is and make room for what's to come. There's no point in holding on to something you can't change, there's always room in the future to make things right. The future is your opportunity to do things the way you wish, and if it doesn't go that way you can always try again!
bigPillow5296
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Jun 27, 2019
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Everyone has a past, and a persons past is what made them the way they are. Your past is a big part of you, and it may not always be good. Letting go is hard to do, especially if it’s something that shaped you or changed you entirely, it’s going to be hard to let go. First you need to understand it. Understand how it affected you. Then, you need to allow yourself to forgive it. Whether it was good or bad, before you let it go you need to not have any emotional ties that will make you constantly think of it. It’s going to be hard, but you need to realize the more you dwell on the past, the more times you’re going to put yourself through it again.
PlushPetTony11
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Jul 15, 2019
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First you have to accept that in order to move forward to have to let go of your past. Not all of it, as it helped to shape who you are. But once you’ve got the determination to move forward you’ll find the courage the leave the past behind. Think about what you want to achieve in the future. Set yourself a goal. Picture an image. That’s now your new focus, looking forward at that image, instead of back over your shoulder at what has been. You walk forward now, taking steps at a time, towards your goal and away from your past. Baby steps. It takes time and courage. But you have to have something to look forward to in the future. Something to reach out to. Something to encourage you to move forward, not backwards.
TheHelpfulPillow
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Jul 21, 2019
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By first accepting that there is nothing about it that you can change, and coming to terms with that. Whatever you did or was done to you, write it down, and perhaps write a response to the event, telling it how it made you feel, and how you want to recover from it. For me, it was something I'd done to hurt some friends, I wrote down the year it happened, that I was angry with myself, that I was immature, and that they had every reason to no longer be my friend. I then added that for the future, I would never again do what I did to hurt them to anyone. Then I scrunched up the letter and threw it away.
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