How do I let go of my past?

The best way to let go of one's past, in my experience, is to evaluate the person you currently are and how you've changed since then. You can ask yourself, "How am I a different person?" or "What efforts have I made to be more optimistic moving forward?" The most important part is to remember that change is always possible. No matter the challenges you've faced, you ended up stronger because you are here. The past is just that, the past. Although it may be difficult for some, moving forward and reflecting on who you once were is crucial to becoming more hopeful in the future.

It's not easy but we must not hold on to our past too much to the extent that we cannot move forward. Although they say, forgive and forget, but I do not believe we should completely forget our past experiences as they are what shaped us today and we are hopefully strong and wiser because of them. We can also develop our own coping strategies to calm down any anxieties whenever the past gets a sudden hold of us because something may have triggered it. Remember your past is in the past and just because one door is closed, it doesn't mean others are not opened or slightly ajar for you to explore and advance ahead!

This is a question I struggle with too. It takes time, experience, self-awareness, and practice. There are hurtful things in the past for me that have damaged my sense of worth, confidence in myself, and the way I go through life, so I do understand it on that front. Bad things in childhood can also affect you. My advice would be to not try to handle it alone, and ask a licensed therapist how they think you could combat bad memories or feelings from the past. It is difficult to handle alone, but journaling, thought re-framing, and spending time with friends/family/your pets can help. Also, making new connections for your future or overcoming new challenges can give you a bigger sense of self worth, accomplishment, and belonging.

I think you have to come to peace with your past, and sometimes that's like onion layers. Sometimes we go through a lot and then close up again when we don't feel safe. Healing the past takes time and it's ok if old wound return because you know how to deal with them in the past so the recovery is quicker. Sometimes the past is all you have because the present doesn't seem to offer as much as the past did. But if you live in the past, you're not living. Your not living each day of your life. Sometimes it's shame, how do I let go of the shame. You got to forgive yourself and move forward. If your dealing with trauma I don't think the past ever truly goes away, you heal and remember it and deal with it as it comes up. But having something to look forward to makes the future brighter

Simply realize that your future is much more important than the past. The past is meant to be a learning curve not a roadblock. You simply learn from what you have been through and use that to help better yourself. All you need to do is let go and let yourself become who you want to become. Go bring out the best version of you and live life with happiness and joy rather than regret and sadness. This is how you let go of the past. You pick yourself up and take the day on headfirst with the goal of accomplishing everything in your path.

Letting go of past is really hard. You have to accept the past, you have to learn the lesson from the past and you have to work hard to reflect on yourself. If you don't learn the lesson from the past the same situation or incident will keep on recurring untill you learn the lesson. If you are keeping on to the past you will be living in the past. You won't be able to live in the present. You will always feel guilty or embarrassed by the past and you will never be able to live happily as you used to. You can only take care of yourself. Only you can help yourself. Everyone can give suggestions or advices it's you who have to walk through the path.

Letting go of anything is the hardest thing anyone has to deal with. Me? Letting go of my past was the hardest thing i had to do. For me, my past was the reason I am who I am today. It's so hard to let go of the trauma that shaped you into the person you are today. I battled with it constantly, and still to this day I've only let go about half of it. Letting go of bits and pieces, forgiving people you never thought you would, makes you feel better. But the first thing I did? I forgave myself.

This is a really good question. I think that one of the most important steps to letting go of the past is confronting it in your mind and accepting the reality that it happened and there is no longer anything you can do to change it, but that you can change how it is affecting you to this present day. There are many therapists that can help walk you through that process. If you ever have a day where your past is heavily weighing you down, a helpful thing to do is to take some deep breathes and imagine breathing out lol of those bad memories or thoughts and breathing in the future and good things to come. I hope this helps!

Take it step by step. Try to figure out what is it that bothers you about your past? Is it one single event that’s causing you to feel this way or there are multiple events that are causing you uneasiness? The first step is to try and recognise what is it that is truly bothering you. You can do that by talking it out. It can be anyone that you feel comfortable with, be it a friend, family member or a mental health professional. Recognising emotions can go a long way. Once you realise what past event is associated with what emotion, you can work on letting go or deal with those issues.

Letting go of ones past is by far one of the hardest things to do, not only physically but mental and emotionally. Understanding your past and all in encompasses can be a challenging task and can seem pretty impossible. Thinking you are the way you are because of your past and letting it define who you’ve become. Try to figure out what your main struggle is in your present life, and what behaviour(s) come with it. How do these behaviours affect your life and what about that do you want to change. When we know what we don’t want it’s much clearer to determine what we DO want. The hard part is accepting that the past is the past, forgiving if yourself for the way you’ve managed to cope with it and then you can decide how you want the rest of your life to go. You can only control what you do now, not anything from the past. Make the commitment to yourself that you actively want to change and seek help to help you through your process of discovery, acceptance and forgiveness. We ARE NOT defined by our past, but our strength to grow from it and overcome it