What is it like to live in the past? When you want to return what was important and dear. When you want to be in the same environment and in the same conditions that you once had. When changes are annoying and it seems as if the world around is becoming worse, more complex, more incomprehensible. When there is something very dear and important in the past and you don’t want to part with it at all: friendship, relationships, young parents, first success, first victories, new interests , impressions. This is living with memories without the ability to let go of the past, without the ability to let go. Let go and retain memories and experiences, but at the same time be able to see and accept the present, live in the present and plan for the future. In order not to live in the past, you need to decide to live in the present and for the future. This means making realistic plans and setting your achievable goals. How to wake up in the here-and-now and discover the current date on the calendar, the very people who are at the moment and the environment around you. With sudden freshness and clarity. However, one solution may not be enough and then it is necessary to deal with the burden from the past, voice questions from there and answer all these questions. Sometimes you need to relive a situation from the past, but in a new state, filled with resources to cope. To transform the experience from failure to experience of interest and new knowledge. So as not to live each new day unlived, always catching up with yesterday. To live, to respond, to cope, to let go, to grieve, to part... If so, then the past will take its place in the space of experience. You can turn to this experience at any time without the risk of losing yourself in overwhelming emotions. Light sadness or sadness instead of despair and endless inconsolable grief. A slight regret or even a smile instead of horror, fear or shame. Or there can be clear confidence if the experience was not only lived, but also conclusions were drawn, if the experience was used to create something new. Like a book that can be opened on any page, read what is necessary and then put aside until time, experience becomes a storehouse with rich supplies for all occasions. The path is not easy. Some people get through it on their own or on their own, while others can’t do it alone. If the problem seems overwhelming, asking for help helps you cope with it, freeing up time and energy for other things and activities that are interesting and life-enriching..