Is it normal to feel upset when remembering the past?

I had a miserable childhood & adolescence, & whenever I remember those years I get depressed, so I try to think of pleasant stuff to forget.

Oddly enough I feel the same way about the year 2006. That was the year I graduated high school and I can trace a lot of my life-changing decisions back to. I am such a different person than I was then. If only I could go back to that time with what I have now. It's hard not to dwell in the past sometimes.

I think everybody thinks about the past, it's a part of human nature. Thinking of what could of been, should of been, would of been. All that jazz.
I do the same thing, I like things about myself and how things were going on in my life in past years. Coincidentally, it's usually 2006 :)

I know how you feel. Happens to me all the time...

@simjf
I will muster up all of the social courage I have and try that. It sounds like fun and something like that would certainly stir up some happy memories.

@iheartblueberrymuffins
Aw, that's too bad. I remember having to leave my friends behind when I transferred to a school in Maryland in fourth grade (I live in Pennsylvania). I had the luxury of being able to move back a year later. It must be difficult moving at that age. Hope things will work out well.

@Eva_Braun88
I can't help it. It usually happens when I am checking the year a movie, song, etc. was made and it begins.

I... don't know. Stuff, to me, just seemed to be generally happier. Everything now appears to be melancholic and depressing. Government cover ups, the oil spill, greed, technology's advancement, the environment... Sure things weren't much better a few years ago but they seemed to be.

The past is shit. Stop thinking about it. It's pointless

I have the same problem, and like the person above me it gets me really depressed and sad too :( i just graduated 8th grade And I was at a new school this year and it was like a living he'll but I would give anything to back to the beginning of the year just so I could be with my friends (I'll never a
see half of them again) so I know exactly what your feeling, your not alone. try and think of what good things that are gonna come out of the future :)

I feel that too, it gets me depressed:( just try to find others like this listen to the music that was popular watch movies that were new then... Have a party with that theme and surrond itself with it. Forget the troubles of today for a few hours