@gailcalled To clarify my line of thought:
I believe that alot of the ideas that have been promoted mainly by Freudian psychotherapy, most vidvidly the idea of deeply rooted past traumas that have to be dug up, penetrated, analysed and solved with the aid of a professional is not a good strategy for dealing most of our daily problems.
This idea have permeated our culture so deeply, to the point that most of us are taking it for granted without sceptically questioning it. I think a healthy dose of skepticism is valid, and that we should invidually question the validity of the idea that past problems need to be dug up and analysed (again “how well does this work for me?”).
For me the conclusion was that this type of attempted solution brings more grief than good. I urge everyone to ponder this, scrutinize your beliefs in the Freudian idea and see if it still holds for you.
The other suggested solution, simply trying to forget and moving on works great for many of my day to day problems.
With that said, i am not saying that all psychological problems can or should be dealt with on your own. As the question was phrased i don’t think that severe psychological trauma was the topic of discussion. If you have a serious issue, or don’t feel like you can handle it, see a proffessional.