I hear it a lot when I admit to making a mistake. I am told to "forgive yourself and move on", but I'm wondering if they're speaking the truth or whether it's just something that people say.

How on earth do you forgive yourself and move on? It's a totally odd idea to me.

Or do you think it's just a saying? Or that people are somehow fooling themselves when they say that this is how they handle their own mistakes?

To me, it's just one more layer of guilt to add onto the ever-increasing-'guilt-rubber-band'-ball...