What is it about humans that let us move on?

I cant move on or let go. I try to, but it never works, the closest I can get to letting go is acting like I did.

It’s not something that allows it, so much as something in us that requires it. If we were to hold on to everything, we would be psychologically exhausted at a pretty young age. I think an extreme example of that “letting go,” is repressed memories. It’s something a person just can’t deal with, so they move on and pretend it’s not there. Very effectively.

I think it gets down to our core suvival instinct that helps us get past things and move on. If we didn’t we would all be sobbing messes on the floor.

I think future opportunities and future dreams helps us let go. I.e. believing a loved on is in a special place for example lets people go of their death i.e. future dreams. And for me letting go of failing a test (might seem simple, but every test I fail feels like it reflects on me as a person - something I am trying to work on) is the prospect of doing better in the next one.

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we as humans are the most sexually active mammal on the face of teh earth but we are the least fertile… yet we are the strongest mammal and its that strength we posses that allows us to move on.

It depends on the case, in my opinion. Some things we truly never move on from. The pain just lessens over time, and we focus our time and hearts in other areas. In other cases, letting go happens much easier when you find something or someone that fills the emptiness that someone else or something else left. In all cases, though, closure is necessary. When we have closure, saying ‘goodbye’ and leaving what’s gone go happens more naturally. Understanding that it’s over, whatever it may be, is what it all boils down to.

Not sure if that makes sense, but that’s what I’m thinking. ^^

The ability to adapt. We learn how to adapt to different situations. Whether someone dies or they leave or whatever we figure out how to survive under those circumstances.

The major difference is that humans are the only species that are truly effected by grief or strife to the point that only us humans have the choice to move on or not. Animals don’t generally feel much sorrow for their hardships and therefore just move on like it never happened. True, I believe animals are very capable of emotion, but they simply don’t posses the abilities to feel things as strongly or in the same way as we do. We’re all ruled by instinct to a certain extent and we move on to protect ourselves. I think it’s a matter of self preservation and animals have a much stronger survival instinct than we do so moving on and letting go of the past is second nature for them. We’re the ones that have it harder because we have to make a conscious effort to move on in the face of our conflicting emotions.

Distractions and life itself. I think adults move on from relationships is because they have other things to deal with such as work and bills

well over time everyone gets over things :) and no one really holds grudges forever

We are the only animals that can have logical thought. We think. Other animals or species don’t think they react. Thinking allows us to rationalize what we did and do. That is why we can move on hoping the future will be better.

because after time heals the wounds, ur liable to realize all the reasons why you didn’t deserve whatever the other person did to hurt you, and ur worth more. very cliche, but the phrase “after the rain comes the rainbow” couldn’t be anymore true.

Dude u ask a lot of questions haha

Hope… that is how we move on. Hope for something better down the line.