How do you live-down, out-live, un-live, or re-live your past?

Do you remember the story of a young 21-year-old White House intern who confessed: “After having made the worst mistake of my life, I was deeply, deeply ashamed. I had the belief that I was the worst version of myself, a self I didn’t even recognize. The public humiliation was excruciating. Life was almost unbearable. I felt like every layer of my skin and my identity were ripped off of me. It was a skinning of sorts. I felt incredibly raw and frightened. Shame stuck to me like tar. I never attempted suicide but I came very close.”