The memories of our past always lingers on our mind.
Most of the time,our thoughts are occupied by the things we did, they at times come to be the center of our focus and even though we try as much as possible to wave the thoughts away,to keep our mind and memory free of those thoughts,we try to wave them away,still they lingers on.
You find out the good memories comes once in a while,they don't occupy our minds as much as the terrible memories.
The things we did wrong always have a way of hunting us,they always and always showcase in being fresh in our memories and this always results in making us Lose focus on the present with little or no focus even about the future,all that we concentrate on is to keep thinking about the past and the terrible thing is that they lingers on as REGRETS.
What matters most is always the present which we ought to live the best of for FUTURE SAKE,still, even though we try as much as possible to grow past the PAST, we can't completely forget it or live without the memories.
Once we start living in regrets we become depress, as we will tend to be thinking of IF.
If I had known,if I had the chance again,if ever I can turn back the hands of time.
Regrets will keep hunting us and causing us pains and depression as long as we keep giving them a chance to take charge of us and occupy our minds and thoughts.
A depress person can do little or nothing about the present nor even tend to work on the future as all effort will always be directed towards HOW TO either CORRECT THE PAST Or COVER IT UP, which in the end brings no fruit.
A way of growing without giving much reference to the past which always is how and what brings regrets is to always OCCUPY ONE'S MIND AND THOUGHTS WITH POSITIVE THINGS and accept the fact that THE PAST,WE CAN'T CHANGE except in BETTER LIVING THE PRESENT and making plans to BETTER LIVE THE FUTURE.
Regrets don't solves problems rather that cause even more problems as they depresses one and hinder one from fully focusing on the present and working towards for a better future.