moving on

How do people do that? How do they forgive themselves for all the idiot mistakes they've made, and go on living like they never made them in the first place? I am so hypercritical of myself, and hold onto everything for so long. Every time I start to make progress I remember what I've done in the past and I'm down in the hole again. How can people not do that? Selective amnesia? Is there ego big enough that they forget all the bad things they do and have a constant loop in their minds about the good stuff they've done? Or do they just never think at all? I can't wrap my head around it - how is that done?

I do not think they necessarily actively forgive themselves. I think they are too busy doing other things,now, so they just don't have the time/opportunity to think about the past and their mistakes.

I've been asking myself this exact question a bit lately too. Then I let work distract me and sweep it under the rug for a few more months. I hope there's a good resolution in this thread, so I can refer to it when the times comes.

Well, first of all, I bet they don't have parents who never let you forget, who take every chance to gleefully kick you when you're down.

Or they've cut ties with their parents and... moved on.