How do you handle your pastlife?

I disconnect myself from it. What's happened is in the past, and no matter how much I bitch about my stupidity it's not going to change anything. However, it's good to be able to look back on it without feeling anything about it; you can make level-headed judgements about people and situations without getting caught up in how much the past sucks.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Safer Serge

My advice: only remember good things from the past, throw the bad memories away and be happy.

If only it were so simple. I don't believe it is ever possible to simply discard the sections of your past that displease you. Instead you repress what has happened, and depending on the degree of seriousness, this could have terrible consequences. I think I would much rather be able to look back on what has happened, what I've done, and accept it. To just know that it's tough shit but I've got to deal with it up front or it will get to me subconciously and most importantly, to learn from it.

There's nowhere I can't reach.