Why can I not forget my past, even though it is filled with suffering?

According to Osho, you can’t forget a painful past because suffering secretly nourishes the ego; the ‘I’ survives by clinging to old wounds, roles, and stories. The past shapes the ego’s outline, so we preserve and even magnify sorrow. Freedom comes when you stop feeding the ego—drop the ‘I’, choose awareness and bliss—and the past loosens its grip, like a slate wiped clean.