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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in10RjFox · M

The flood in your mind 10 years ago hasn't drained. It's stagnation. Your mind hasn't evolved for 10 years, which means you have not allowed newer thoughts to flush the older ones.

Only by watching newer movies, we can replace the older ones running in the minds.

BnBSpringer09 · 26-30, F

@in10RjFox Thanks! It's crazy because I've changed a lot in the past 10 years, but for some reason I went through a weird spell some months back where all of these memories, past mistakes, etc. came rushing back. Thankfully, it's mostly subsided now, though I do have a bad habit of beating myself up over past mistakes no matter how long ago they were. :( Working on that!