How to forget the hurts?

@buddha3 (1026)
India
March 8, 2013 5:25am CST
I've been through a lot of stress, depression and hurt over the last 6 months and I'm trying hard to overcome this stage of my life. I've fought a battle with myself to keep myself strong and moving! I don't want to explain what I went through, but I would be grateful if someone could help me forget things that I want to forget. I've been engaging myself in many things including the routine studies, lectures and with more stuff like online interactions and blogging, thinking about my dreams that I've been nurturing since long, how to achieve those etc.. Sometimes I feel I'm OK and that I've overcome the pain, but at times I suddenly get emotional, those thoughts engulf again, I get depressed and so on. Everything gets messy again. Is there any solution to filter our thoughts? Can we completely demolish some thoughts and memories so they never come up?
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@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
8 Mar 13
i knew it ... i knew it ... i was going to make a comment on your new profile photo on facebook... hmmmm
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
OMG! You noticed it? I think u r the only one who observed it so keenly! :) hehehe :) Don't make any comments there :P I open up myself only in other places where there is no one I can see in person :P
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
I meant, I don't discuss such things with at places where there are people whom I meet in real life. i.e Facebook. That's why I asked you not to comment anything regarding that, but you've already commented. Anyway it's ok. Yes, I read the comment there :)
@mammots (3209)
• Philippines
8 Mar 13
i think you have to explain what your last sentence means my buddha3:( ps: go to facebook and read my comment on your "lonely look" profile photo :(
@giex22 (273)
• Cebu, Philippines
9 Mar 13
You already have a steps to easily forget the hurts and pain like you're engaging to studies, lectures and more just continue and in that way the memories will be suspend for a moment. If times come that it will just appear on your thoughts you just have to do something to avoid it again fight the urge and hold on to the things that makes you happy. Don't enclose yourself in depression because its not healthy for you. Memories are not easy to fade it away but the hurts and pain will be healed if you ever want it to be healed. You wer just the only one that can help yourself to accept it. Overcome it but in an easy way.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
9 Mar 13
You noted rightly. I've been enclosing myself in depression without mingling with friends, without going out and without any entertainment. I must do things that make me happy as u said. But I don't want to fight with myself and avoid those thoughts. I want to let them come and heal with time. Thank you for supporting me ::)
@giex22 (273)
• Cebu, Philippines
9 Mar 13
Well that's a good idea, avoiding to something is not also good if you don't fight how can it heal. Yes time comes and it will heal but you should also fight it, for you not to go down. You're welcom
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
There is always a reason why do we feel something inside our heart that sometimes we don't understand. Now you often feel different emotions. what you feel now is a result of stressful life. Your daily routine makes you bored that's why you feel sad or hurt by nothing. You can't identify clearly something and what is happening. I have one tip to tell you to make you feel alright. Can i say you sing praises songs to God and you slowly feel His presence. It is nice to sing a song of praises. Your spirit will be happy and you forget messy things around.. This is just my suggestion or opinion i wish you will take it or you can ignore it.. Ok my friend i wish your peace of mind from now on.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
9 Mar 13
mods, you really told what I like to do!!! I love devotional songs and sometimes when I feel sad I listen to them and feel the presence of God in my heart! REALLY!! but this time this thought didn't cross my mind :) It's great that you reminded me of this idea :) Such a nice suggestion :) I'll take it dear :) Thank uuuuuuu :)
@lumenmom (1986)
• United States
8 Mar 13
I don't know specifically what you have been through, but it sounds like you are going through the natural process of grieving. Getting over hurt is a process and it WILL get better over time. It may take a few months or longer and yes, you will have bouts of depression and being uncomfortable. Instead of trying to get away from it, embrace it. Know it is part of the healing process. Tell yourself you have been hurt and you deserve to mourn. Be gentle and patient with yourself. I recall a deep hurt several years ago and at the time I thought I would never feel good again. Every morning I would wake up with a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I would not eat and come home from work and crawl into a fetal position. I did this for 3 months. Then one day I woke up and it did not hurt as bad. By the end of the week I was eating again. It about 2 more years to COMPLETELY get over it (where I could hear a certain name and not feel sick or angry. Think about how it feels when you injure your physical body. It hurts like hell at first, then it goes through healing process. We support our bodies with splints, casts, pain relievers, etc., but it still have to go through a process to heal. Though you feel lousy, you are in a good place. You are on your way to health.
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
Your suggestion is something interesting and different! It's so true that we can't change any natural processes and healing is certainly one of them!! The description of your own healing process is a proof that suffering is inevitable and healing is also inevitable. I liked your words "instead of trying to get away from it, embrace it" and "be gentle and patient with yourself". You have so much sense in it! Thank you so much lumenmom :) I'll consider everything you said. It really makes sense. I'll let it take its own time and heal..I'll go through it :) YES!!
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
Somebody might accuse me of presenting a view slanted toward a Christian perspective but it worked for me in healing past emotional hurts and traumas. I am not saying that this is the only method that may work but it certainly is worth a try. What I did is that I searched the entire bible for passages that directly addressed the problems that I was then having. I repeatedly recite them out loud every time hurtful or negative thoughts come to mind until the intensity of those thoughts gradually lessened over time. Patience is a virtue here as one might find that those negative and traumatic thoughts may not dissipate that easily.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
9 Mar 13
Every religion has good things in it and if you are a Christian, you will obviously tell about Bible. There's nothing wrong in it :) In fact you've shown another door to me :) After reading ur suggestion it crossed my mind that there are solutions suggested in the Hindu sacred text "Bhagavad Geetha" for all sorts of problems too! I'll try if I can find something similar in it :) Thanks a lot!
• Philippines
9 Mar 13
As they say, "time heals...". In my opinion... just let it through... the only thing that you can do is to accept things that passes in your life. All of us has problems we encounter in our daily lives. Some we found solutions and some won't, but in those trials we learn how to move on, step by step, not just learning but we know how to find solutions for that problems... cause in our lives we've been born that there's a problem already but the thing there is that we also a problem solver... every day is a challenge... so don't give up... that's how to live in this world. Just go on my friend... time heals... =)
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
9 Mar 13
I want to thank you for these lovely and inspiring words! :) I agree with each word of yours and now my mind has accepted the fact that only time can heal and we have to keep moving and learning. Love you Bentilo, thanks a lot :) These inspirational words really mean a lot to me :)
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
8 Mar 13
You have mentioned 'routine studies and lectures' and have said that you are unable to share.I guess this trauma is associated with unrequited love.DO not worry; think of four years down the line.You will realise tat all this trauma is worthless then.Concentrate on your career and look at this opportunity as a motivating factor to give you the right career push.Good luck!
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
My career is my goal. I've worked hard and made many sacrifices to follow my dream and passion. Now I've earned exactly the same kind of job for which I worked so hard. I can't let it go waste. But career is one part of life. Sometimes we are left all alone and that's when we realise we miss someone!
@TriciaW (2441)
• United States
8 Mar 13
I don't think we can ever get rid of our thoughts all together but we can learn to deal with them in a better way. I do it with a lot of prayer. I have to forgive what has happened and find a way to see what good may have come from it. That is hard to do when you are hurt so deeply. I would suggest counseling as well. They may be able to help you deal with the pain and find ways to move past it. It is never easy to deal with pain but the good part is that you have survived it. That in itself is a positive that has come from it. I often hear "God never gives you more then you can handle" I have questioned that many times in my life but looking back I see that it is true. I did handle it one way or another and I am still here today. I am often told by many that I am strong for all I have been through but there are days I do not feel so strong and those are the days I pray just to make it through to the next and for me to see the good that has come from it all. I also count my blessings a lot. Look into your life and see what you have that is a blessing and that should help you start to heal!
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
That's so true. Many people have given similar advice to me, that I must look at the positives that emerged from the bitter experiences. I even do that and I'm convinced every time I do that, because that's what is the truth. All such experiences actually are positive if we really give our thoughts to them. But, somehow these thoughts keep haunting me every now and then. I'm fine for a few days, and then again I feel the pain :( Prayer, as you said, may help. But I tend to get more emotional and I burst into tears when I'm in front of God, praying :( IT makes me more dull and sad.
@prashu228 (37526)
• India
8 Mar 13
Hi I agree developing a positive mind at this time is very important but its difficult too. Especially during this time when you are depressed. But again that's the most important part .If you dont start it then you can never develop the same positive attitude again. I mean even if you develop it can make you loose much time which is very valuable. So its in your hands though its difficult you should do it .There is no other short cut for this. Hope you come out of you bad experiences soon.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
Yes, I've no other go but to start getting better myelf. Nobody can help me except myself. I failed in my efforts till now and that is why I'm looking for short-cuts now :( I never felt so lost in my life, no matter what I difficulties I faced. But this time, it's seeming so difficult! There is none with me who can take my pain away. Maybe my passions like nature, plants and trees, books, music, my studies and job - only deeply involving myself in these can take me out of this.
@sjvg1976 (41131)
• Delhi, India
8 Mar 13
Hello Buddha, I don't think any way for you to come out of this situation but certainly the time will heal your wounds. I know its easy to say but the person who is suffering with the pain only knows the pain no else knows it. Its better to make your life so busy that there come no thoughts in your mind of the things which made you so upset that is the only way to come out of this situation.
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@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
Thank you dear :) you r right, I've got to force myself into being busy whenever any disturbing thoughts come to my mind. That's the only way out. I will have to do something that I've always wanted to do and that which can make me happy. As they say, And empty mind is a devil's workshop! Being busy is one of the effective solutions!
@doroffee (4222)
• Hungary
8 Mar 13
I would like to know that, too. I don't think one could ever forget any kind of pain. Unless you get amnesia. You may think it over, you may find an excuse for those people who hurt you, you may feel less angry... but you'd never forget them. Or at least that's my stance about the subject.
@buddha3 (1026)
• India
8 Mar 13
hmmmm, so the conclusion is we cannot forget the bitter experiences! We will have to live with them, I guess :(