Not to make light of your situation, but my thoughts center on a very telling and true quote from The Onion. To paraphrase, the article describes the brain as an incredible vault that stores years and years of unpleasant memories, constantly playing them back. There is some unfortunate Darwinian truth behind this. Remembering the bad times, and being able to recall them more rapidly is an evolutionary advantage. We all deal with this, some more than others. The best way around it is to preoccupy yourself with good times. The more good times you have, the less often you will think about the bad ones. And in time the old formula Tragedy+Time=Comedy will apply to your past as it has to so many others. You'll be fine.
i still can't let go of my grudge.
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Not to make light of your situation, but my thoughts center on a very telling and true quote from The Onion. To paraphrase, the article describes the brain as an incredible vault that stores years and years of unpleasant memories, constantly playing them back. There is some unfortunate Darwinian truth behind this. Remembering the bad times, and being able to recall them more rapidly is an evolutionary advantage. We all deal with this, some more than others. The best way around it is to preoccupy yourself with good times. The more good times you have, the less often you will think about the bad ones. And in time the old formula Tragedy+Time=Comedy will apply to your past as it has to so many others. You'll be fine.