Veterinary Wellbeing Wisdom Tiny Bites - Banishing Bad Memories

Do you have bad memories from childhood? Most of us have a few and sadly, some of us have a lot of bad childhood memories.

What happened happened – you can’t un-happen it.

You have the choice of either reliving those old stories inside your head, retelling them to others and keeping those bad memories alive, or you could let them fade into the background of your life. Every time you relive the bad things and retell the bad things, you keep them in the forefront of your existence as if they just happened to you – it’s the way your brain is wired.

You can’t change the past – you can rewire your brain. When the bad memory crops up, distract yourself – sing a song if you have to – until it fades into the background.

At first you’ll have to do this a lot – with time and consistent practice, those bad childhood memories will fade away – they’ll stop feeling like the definition of who you are, because they’re not who you are today.

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