People say, "You've changed!" you are the same person. framed by your past, it has shaped you You can forget the past, but it does not forget you. Pretend things haven't happened, yea you can. Embrace that they did, you can do that too. You can let your experiences grow inside you like seeds bloom into flowers
People seem to love to separate themselves from things that they did, that they wish they hadn't, and say that they've changed; that isn't the person they are today. But really, they did do that, and they still did that, even though they might never do it again.