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Stop living in the past

How you can stop living in the past

By Sushang AgnihotriPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
Stop living in the past

It can also be difficult for you to live in the present because of negative events in the past. Disturbing memories make it difficult for you to sleep or even pass the day.

There will definitely come a time in your life when you will have to forget your past, otherwise your past will write the story of your future and you will not want it at all. Knowing all this, the way we think, talk, or see the world, we are always inspired by our past or, truth be told, we are carrying our past.

Managing the problem of being surrounded by memories of the past is like walking on a taut rope without knowing the end. If you look at events step-by-step and keep your mind open, you may be able to accept your past as a part of your existence. You can leave behind negative habits that bind you to dreams that never came true or remind you of promises that were broken.

  • Acknowledge the challenges you have faced in the past
  • Unresolved past experiences often leave lasting mental and physical effects. In such cases it becomes important to be able to see and accept how your past experiences are affecting your habits and the way you view the world today.

    2. Understand how an accident or bad experience affects the brain

    Extremely bad or particularly traumatizing experiences affect your neurochemistry. Sometimes it may happen that such experiences can affect the structure of your mind as well.

    If you're feeling like you "should run out of memories," remind yourself that reality is much more complicated than you think. Experiences of traumatic events change the way your brain works. It can take a long time to recover, so give yourself some freedom and try to be patient.

    3. Accept that you cannot change what has happened, but you can change the way you see it

    You cannot go back to the past, But what you think about it and how you handle it, you can change from this moment onwards. If you don't do it, you will hurt yourself. Will continue to give and carry on the emotional pain caused by the past in new experiences and new relationships ahead.

    4. Practice meditation and yoga

    There are some activities that can help you in the process of calming down by forgetting the past. These are called embodied physical practices. For example, with meditation and yoga, you can learn some effective ways of coping and personal coping, and you can also develop new ways. These activities make you more sensitive to how your different emotions affect different parts of your body.

    5. Keep a diary

    Write about events in your everyday life or about the past in this diary. These are very effective ways to understand and deal with complex emotions.

    Start a night by simply listing the events that you experienced throughout the day. You don't have to force them to write down those events in a descriptive form. Don't force your mind to remember those events. Keep your mind open and only write down the things that come to mind naturally. By doing this you will find it easier to write a diary and you will also be able to make a habit of writing a diary.

    6. Spend some time with other people, too

    Confused experiences from the past can sometimes make it nearly impossible to trust new people in your life. It also becomes very difficult to build healthy relationships with people. Still, a strong social support system is the single most important factor in healing your body and mind by eliminating the ill effects of bad past experiences.

    Conclusion

    Some losses are not forever. Many such joys or things that you did not get in childhood can be found even when you are an adult. Even if you're a grown-up, you can still enjoy comic books, dolls, or whatever else you missed as a child. You can develop to the point where you can be surprised at the same variety of things as in childhood, whether or not you had the opportunity to do so as a child.

    Always believe in yourself Never focus on things that make you feel inferior.

    Always be positive and focus on the progress you are making today rather than on past failures.

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    Sushang Agnihotri

    Content Writer | Blogger | Developer

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