Do you ever feel like this?

[helicoptero]

Do you ever look back in time, maybe through old photos or texts, and think "I was such a happy/cheerful person" but in reality, when you remember how you were feeling in that moment, you were feeling really bad/were in a bad place?

it's like looking into the past makes it seem better than it was, and makes the present seem like the worst thing ever (I'm not saying it's not, it's just how it feels)

Why does this happen? Do things just get worse every time?