1. Had a close call that you relive over and over again. Something like this will stalk you the rest of your life, and you may not think so but it does get easier as the years stretch on. Best way to banish something like this, or just to get yourself up off of your knees and not feel the guilt? Say thanks, give thanks to God on that close call and say thanks over and over again. Be happy that bad things didn't happen as you spray that mist of "Thankful Praise" you'll find that you'll feel a sense of peace creep in as Thanks will start to replace Guilt.
2. Miss some one? Wonder what you "could have done? or didn't do?" Talk to them in your mind. Not only does this bring them closer to you again, but this helps you walk through the grief that sits there waiting to tap on you on the shoulder with a favorite song, book or smell. Who knows, they may be with you listening and you may feel that connection all over again.
3. Make some really bad mistakes? Move on, best way to deal with a bad mistake is to write it on a piece of paper along with all your excuses and the consequences. As a symbolic gesture take that piece of paper and burn it, or throw it away, whatever makes you feel better. You really cannot go back and correct bad mistakes, so live in the present and leave in the past what belongs in the past.
These hard parts of memory are a part of you, they make you who you are. That close call made you a better sibling, parent or friend, missing someone makes you want to be more like them taking on their great qualities, making bad mistakes shaped the person you are today. Don't push those things away, accept them remembering that without them you wouldn't be the great person you are today.
How do you deal with bad memories? Do you have a "Bad Memory Spray?"
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