What techniques do you use to forget bad thoughts or experiences that linger in

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  1. brakel2 profile image73
    brakel2posted 10 years ago

    What techniques do you use to forget bad thoughts or experiences that linger in your memory?

    It could be a breakup, divorce, jealousy or hurt or any experience that won't go away.

  2. susiebrown48 profile image65
    susiebrown48posted 10 years ago

    I reinvent them. I revisualize the hurtful event in a different way.  I can speed the action up or slow it down, make it a cartoon, change the voices, change the colors.  Here is an actual example.  An ex boyfriend of mine, during a breakup, told me I had a flabby derrierre (in fewer, far less elegant terms).  The words burned in my brain for years.

    I read a self help book, don't remember which, that suggested reinventing the memory.  Playing the scene again in your mind, over and over. In this instance I gave him a tiny body and a huge head, I made him green and I gave him a high-pitched, nasally, whiny voice.  I played with that for a while. I ran it forwards, I imagined the scene backwards.  Every time I "replayed" it, I replaced hurt with humor and diminished the importance the event had in my life. 

    I am happy to report that 13 years later, I am happily married, to a man who loves my derriere (ehem!), and I find it amusing that I ever attached the emotional importance that event held over me.  That's not the only time I've used this technique; work conversations that went poorly, time I felt I underachieved. 

    On a broader level, as I've gotten older, I've found that what I focus on really determines my level of joy so I choose to focus the wonderful things in my life that I am grateful for.  It is hard to be hurt when you are focused on the loving people in your life.
    Warmest regards,
    Susie Adriance

    1. brakel2 profile image73
      brakel2posted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Your method is outstanding and uses humor, a great stress reliever.  Great answer!

  3. TNT Husky profile image63
    TNT Huskyposted 10 years ago

    I accept what I did wrong, and focus on what Is ahead. I mentally prepare myself to keep going down the road, and soon, i forget it.

  4. maverickmonk profile image61
    maverickmonkposted 10 years ago

    when you want to ignore some things from the past, the best way is to not keep your mind idle and keep it occupied with work and hobbies.

 
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