Why can't I let go of the past? I can't seem to overcome it and I'm tormented by it?

[MakeitOrDieTrying]

My mom grew up in a way where verbal abuse was normal, she doesn't understand that it's wrong and how it affected me. She says she's sorry for 'whatever she's done or currently doing to to hurt me' but I still feel a grudge. It's as if I need her to understand HOW she hurt me, why can't I just accept that she's sorry even if she doesn't know the reason? I feel resentful even though she's sacrificed so much for me. I wanna forgive, move on but my mind just won't let me, I don't know why it's so stuck in the past. Do I need to see a psychiatrist or something?

[Tissivest]

Childhood trauma is a hard thing to pass over. The past always torments us all and everybody has a different way of moving on.
Maybe try finding a hobby or an interest that focuses your mind off the bad things in your life or try to do good things for others no matter how much you don't feel like it. Maybe you should try to talk to your mother and tell her how it hurt you and how it still hurts you :)
All the best

[MakeitOrDieTrying]

I just did today, she's sorry but still doesn't know why.

[JoahZ10nT]

Why can't you let go of the past? Because you still have the anger emotions.
You have all the memories in your long term memory. Everyone can move on from there past but seems like it's hard for you.. You need someone to help you. No , worries. You should get someone that can help you by hypnosis <--
They would help you get the anger away and replace it with love.

[JackKerouac77]

Maybe that would help, but the only way you're going to get over it is by accepting it and moving on. The timetables for this vary from person to person.

[Despondency]

We call it "Trauma".