Bad experiences, memories, and past mistakes from 10+ years ago flooding my mind for no reason

Is this normal? Lately, my mind seems to have dug up every bad thing that has happened in my life as well as every mistake I have made from many years ago. I keep cringing and wishing these thoughts would go away. Of course, it's right as my confidence was budding. 🙄 WTF???

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DeWayfarer · 61-69, M

This is dependent on the thoughts. It is possible, however, you're not learning something from those past mistakes.

Repetition is often a clue to this. Because you possibly are putting yourself into the same situation, or close to that situation. Once again.

Once you have learned the lesson, it will stop. You will have absolved or come to terms with yourself.

Your subconscious may not have morals. Yet it does want to help with what it considers mistakes, that are harmful to you and itself.

The subconscious is always the selfish one. It looks after itself. It knows the pain of past mistakes.

Your subconscious is like a pavlovian animal, keyed to the remembrance of the pain it doesn't want.