Jordan Peterson | How to Forget Bad Memories

Jordan Peterson on how to forget bad memories, and the significance of cultural stories.
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[prof.peterson]

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[xreality-_-shift]

i literally was in denial. listening to this man made me realize that what happened was my own fault. i still hate myself, but i no longer carry that guilt

[nonamerealname]

I opened this account to make this confession anonymously. It is so hard for me but best way is saying it directly. I am 32 years old guy and I was raped by an adult man from my village when I was 9 years old. I was innocent and defenceless. How he raped me has been a loop memory in my brain through 23 years. I cried by myself again and again for years asking God just why. I want to recover mentally and spiritually. I want to forget the past. What I have been through will never change but I want to feel less pain.

[bella]

Professor Peterson is an authentic teacher; other teachers are course presenters.

[PlanetWomble]

I have the highest respect for Prof Peterson. I think he is exceptionally intelligent. I have bad memories from 30 years ago that haunt me every day.

[zr]

I just discovered that my self, then remembered I heard Jordan Peterson talk about exactly that. Than I found that video and exactly what I discovered. So Interesting how everything connects!

[mel...s]

My God I have possibly the most traumatic memory any mother can have embedded in my brain. It hurts me very much. My child doesn't remember. Its very vivid and coupled with my lifelong battle against major depression I've been living a life of purposeless suffering. I walked away from this video feeling empowered and capable. Thank you

[blackfire]

I learnt a new thing from this man, god bless him.

[terrancekayton]

purpose of memories, Extract out from the past lessons, to structure the future 😮 my lesson is to not talk to the people who created the negative memories in my past.

[christopherjones]

The meaning you give to life is that which you give it.

[DrumFFx]

i want to get past a recent bad memory.. i caught my woman being so questionable.. i really don’t understand the motive either.. she knew i would react negatively and she did it anyway.. she still tries to help me and be a part of my life but i feel so betrayed. i can’t even talk to her about it.. she will never own it. she wants me to believe i saw something else because of past betrayals. but i know what i saw. i thought she was different. it’s cliché. but i did. she listened to the pain i disclosed to her and did something even worse. just sickening. i still can’t believe it and i can barely eat or function mentally without remembering what i saw.. i took the easy route my whole life and now i’m paying HARD... and looking at the hard route now is like figuring out how to get off a deserted island by swimming my way back to the mainland.. it feels like i’m going to die in this moment.. but i know i don’t have any other choice.. she is going to drag me to hell or i’m going to starve myself to death if i don’t do something

[seangriffith]

the baseline conditioning of life is something like unbearable suffering... i wish i could understand these things..

[ip]

I think people just ought to be kinder so that we don’t have to experience the trauma in the first place.

[dangsam]

I love to draw. However, every time I try to draw, I keep reminiscing about the old days, making it difficult to draw. When I was 7 years old, I bought new notebooks ahead of the day I entered school, and I drew a picture of my favorite space battleship Yamato on them. Then my mother saw it and slammed me hard on the cheek, cursing me for ruining those notebooks that cost less than a dollar each. Even if I try to forget it, it doesn't fade away, but I remember it more vividly. How can I forget that memory?

[TruthTriumphs]

I have ditched many of my close ones in the past and those memories are killing me silently. I feel like I left them when they needed me the most. I try to get over that emotional trauma by doing drugs, drinking and sleeping, but it just won't go. I visited my psychiatrist, but those drugs are nothing. I feel overwhelming defeat whenever those memories get over me.

[youreokayboah]

I’ve had a horrible/terrible (dare I say pathetic) past that I wish I could forget. Though it’s very hard since my life is stagnant at the moment sadly.

[ListenClubLife]

How do you get past angry memories that have nothing to do with you? People I know, showed me some awful things that never sat well with me, this particular video I’m not gonna into detail just because I don’t ruin anyone’s day, but when I first it years ago and made me really angry upset and hurt for about a week and then I was able to let go. But now it revisits me at random points, like this morning I had a dream about it and it feels almost like it’s haunting me even though it’s had nothing to do with me and I’m just trying forget about it and not let it bother me anymore. What can I do?

[thegoldenminecart]

I can't forget my bad memories. I draw but I still have that mind talking to me about the past. I listen music but there is just something talking to me about the past memories

[landonculbertson]

Your words are wise, Professor. Mann, ich hasse mein brüder.

[rezvlt]

I'm trying to forget being assualted.