Greatsharkbite wrote:
Yeah, in highschool I started getting nervous tics whenever I thought of a painful or embarrassing memory.
It's the embarrassing ones that get me the most, I heel my head reel like a punch when I think of something remarkably stupid/awkward I'd done, even in the very distant past.
I have to work very hard on reminding myself it's the
past and not only was it not that big of a deal, but there's also nothing I can do about it. "Move on, self..."
I used to whip my emotions into a frenzy until I felt sick from anger when reliving the memories from when people had hurt me in the past. This is something the experts call "stinking thinking" and it's so self-destructive! It's interesting to see it affect so many of us. It's a hard habit to break but you'll feel so much better for doing so. You brain experiences memories and events as the exact same thing, which is why you smell the smells, sense the emotions and feel the pain. You MUST break the cycle - for sake of your sanity!