How do you move on from your biggest mistakes?

[Giygas 40]

I'm not afraid of mistakes. I'm afraid of how people are going to react to my mistakes.

[Flamestreak1990 1,172]

know what I did try not to do it again life to short to worry about mistakes

[Dark Horse 12,961]

Swallow them up, and you move on harder and tougher. Being stuck in the past dwelling on the "what could have been" isn't gonna change it. Some mistakes throughout life are inevitable.

[Sanctified Absence 126]

Depends on the kind of mistake. If it is a mistake that causes guilt? Well, I have a strange mix of caution and stubbornness that really prevents me from doing anything which makes me feel guilty for an extended period of time.

 

If it's a mistake that causes me personal shame? I often bottle it up unhealthily quickly then get visited by "cringe attacks," every so often until it properly cools down.

Edited December 23, 2014 by Sanctified Absence

[Levi 18]

Everyone makes mistakes. There are things I am more than sorry for that I wish I could change. A lot of the time these mistakes really hurt us but these mistakes aren't just things to feel guilty about. Mistakes are lessons. Learn from them, embrace them, and recognize that what has been done has been done. Follow a path that will make your mistake a new strength. Recognizing your weakness or your poor decision is what will guide you down a path for the better. Knowing what you did wrong is a strength in of itself. This is at least how I move on from mistakes, anyway.

[Sunny Shimmer 259]

You can move on from a mistake without getting over the mistake if you want.

 

I still remember every mistake I made in life but I know that there is really no way I can fix them. They'll haunt me forever and I accepted that. Just don't let memories mess with you and you will be fine.

[Lateon 589]

The errors I have made in the past are usually only confined to affecting me, personally. Rarely do they bleed over and touch/hurt others. That being said, I will try to describe both, both of which have occurred fairly recently:

 

Mistakes I make which only affect me are likely to either incite extreme anger and frustration later turning into despair and regret. For these, all I need is time to manage what has happened. Time to see any bright side or glean any valuable information I can from the error I made. Unfortunately, I can rarely manage these mistakes on my own, whether they be academic or more social in nature, and so I reach out to those I care most about to help me and get advice from (read: my parents). The regret of making such mistakes will always be with me, but it is always the wisest course of action to learn from my mistakes, and use them to my advantage in the days to come.

 

Unfortunately, learning from my mistakes becomes much more difficult as well as much more important when they affect others. I feel overwhelming guilt if I allow my errors to hurt others in my life. I feel ashamed, even after the other person says it is alright. I have found, however, that the simple attempt at reparations with those I had hurt is usually good enough - I feel at peace knowing that I did everything in my power to make things right, and if the other is not satisfied with this, there is nothing more I can do, and move on.

 

In summary, making peace with my mistakes, learning all I can from them, and then mitigating as much damage done by them as possible is how I proceed when I make drastic errors in my life. For no matter what happens, a shadow of hope remains, always.

[Rebel the Wolfgirl 5,605]

I look at my mistakes as learning experiences.

I learn from them, and move on.

Same here. I often use my mistakes as blueprints for what NOT to do.

[Starlighty 971]

I wouldn't call it a mistake.. As I would call it a leason to be learned from such actions.

[Guest90210 3,568]

Realize that the past has already happened. The only "change" you can do is change the lasting effects of the past itself. Your only goal is the present and future, not the past, so banking on the past will get you nowhere. Move on and plan accordingly. Make amends with what you have, and seek to grow from within. Your own self from a few years ago is likely drastically different from your current self. Which one is most relevant to the now? Make change and live in the present.

[Splashee 28,564]

On 12/23/2014 at 1:13 AM, Dsanders said:

How do you get rid of the guilt and regret?

You just don't.

 

Depending on a person, like, say Trump. He doesn't do mistakes.

 

Some mistakes will follow us our entire lives, and we will just simply "live" with them.

[ExplosionMare 18,064]

Sometimes I just talk things out with myself or other people, depending on the situation. It at least eases the pain of guilt and regret.

[Fluttershyfan94 5,742]

That's a good question actually and one only a wise person could tell you how to. Which is why I will, simple you don't move on from your biggest mistakes. Making mistakes is perhaps one of the most effective ways of learning, if you can learn from them then is it really a mistake anymore or is it a lesson either way you can do nothing about it other then learn so let yourself learn let it be a reminder of what you have learned.

[Evil Pink One 13,507]

Grab the shovel~

Remove some gravel~

 Do some digging~

Make sure its deepen~

 6 feet deep~

Bury those feelings~

That give you beatings.~

Move on and forget it~

Before you regret it~

Oh no to late~

Another problem that i hate~

Came to greet who i buried~

Now i have to hurry~

To dig for another worry. ~

Sooooooo~

" Repeat song"

 

 

 

[Lucky Bolt 35,063]

I don't "move on" from my mistakes...I just make room for them...and learn from them. 

[TBD 17,254]

Typically just face the music and learned from it. And hopefully, I'd move on. But sometime even when I did learned from it the damage is still there unfortunately, so eh, It's a bitch.