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The past hounds you more the more recent of a memory it is. The best way move past it is to start making new memories. Have new experiences and it will eventual
by eloisius 5y ago
The past hounds you more the more recent of a memory it is. The best way move past it is to start making new memories. Have new experiences and it will eventually become a distant memory that you can observe more objectively rather than emotionally. A chapter doesn’t really end until you start a new one.
I don’t have any one big trauma that I had to get past in life, but many painful experiences like the death of a loved one, painful breakup, etc. have taught me to move forward by moving forward. When I feel it’s time to turn a page, I usually spend a lot of time journaling so that my future self will be able to do this even better. I follow a new whim without trying to fit it into the confines of my current life. Learn something new, try a new job, move to a new country. I try to do something big enough to alter my sense of personal identity.