Going back is not a wise choice

 

As much as we might like to return to a safe or pleasant time or to nice people in our past life, just the idea of taking that trail is risky and potentially harmful to our wellbeing.

Looking back with regret, sorrow, or longing to a so-called "golden age" has the effect of disrupting our forward thinking, our innermost resolve, and weaving neural pathways and networks that will drag us down and dazzle our mind through the idealization of something which no longer exists - and perhaps never existed as we are imagining it.

Thus, this (over)attachment is something we might want to avoid as much as possible so as not to jeopardize that chain of potential futures that shapes our constant present.