Why do we allow ourselves to be tortured by those from our past?

Why do we hold on to them only to be reminded of what they've done?

Why do we allow our past to affect our decisions we make in the present?

Now is the time to release ourselves from those who hold us down.
Now is the time to claim to be undefeated and claim our own happiness.

I won't be held down by those from my past, they shall not affect my present or have any hold on my future.