The Importance Of Reliving Experience

It's Happiness Happens month, and that fits perfectly with this challenge. This challenge is about reliving experiences that made you feel alive, purposeful, and happy all over again. It's about bringing those experiences that once made you feel so good but got lost somewhere along the way back into your life. It's true that you can't relive everything. But, you can relive many awesome moments. Why would you want to take this challenge? Following are 5 reasons.

5 Reasons You Will Want To Take The Relive The Past Challenge

1. Reminiscence Therapy Can Help With Psychological Well-Being

Reliving the past has an actual term from the American Psychological Association - reminiscence therapy. It has predominately been used with elderly patients that have dementia, and it has been shown to improve coping skills, reduce depression, improve

In short, reminiscing about the past can help you feel better about life. And that's always a good thing!

2. Becoming More Present

Believe it or not, reliving your past helps you to become more present. It can make you appreciate your present moment much more when you are reliving things that made you feel good, because you feel good. Feeling good helps you stay in the moment.

Of course, reliving some past memories can make you become much more present and unhappy if you haven't let go of or forgiven certain past memories. But, doing those things is another challenge. In this challenge, you will want to relive happy past memories that uplift you and make you feel good.

3. Connect With Someone Else

I highly suggest that you relive your past with someone else if you can. When you relive the past with someone else, you often feel more connected to them. Even if you are just talking about things that have happened, and you are not actually there together, you remind each other of your history and how far you've come, and that makes you feel more connected than