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I honestly do not understand why digging up the past is such a good idea. Is it not better to "let the past go" and focus on doing what needs to be done for tomorrow?

I do not understand why therapists believe that digging in a person's yesterdays will solve today's problems.

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IMO - from my POV.....

I think many T dig up the past for so many people tend to remain with in their victim stage and then they become unable to live in today, therefore, the T has to dig up the past as a way to get the patient to see how they are letting the past (their wounds) control them in the present..... We some times need to understand where we came from so that we can see where we are going - so that we may create a different path other than the path created by abuse, sorrow, pain and often times rejection of a loved one.

Please read this story to see how the past does indeed effect us in the present, if we are not aware of how it is intertwined with our inner emotions / reaction of today if and when we do not heal from it.....
(Jill's Story) LINK: http://www.radicalforgiveness.com/content/downloads.asp


LoVe,
Rhapsody -

Read these awesome BOOKS they will teach YOU how to HEAL with out digging up the PAST.... these two books became the turning point to my own recovery in healing from my abusive past after enduring eight straight years of counseling and hospital stays.

1.) Radical Forgiveness:
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/bo...pid=0970481411

2.) Feelings Buried Alive Never Die:
http://www.booksamillion.com/ncom/bo...pid=0911207023