While it’s easy to believe that because past events are over they should just go away on their own, it’s not always easy. Impactful experiences, especially traumatic ones, have the power to affect you on a neurological level, and leave traces on our body and mind that can influence your behavior for years, sometimes decades, to come.[1] The memories of these events can influence you on both a neurological and psychological level with or without your awareness of it. Learning to live with the effects of such experiences can be difficult, but is never impossible, no matter how impactful the experience was. While learning to let go of the influence of painful memories will take time and effort on your part, there are ways for you to learn to let go of painful memories.