Bad childhood I want to stop thinking about. Any ideas?

[Castout]

Like Penguin said a sport hobby or martial arts study in the long run would be beneficial to both the body and the mind. It would help with discipline too which in turn helps you to focus and calm the state of mind, making you stronger outside and inside.

This life is a mind game actually don't let anyone or anything play with or dictate yours. Be the master of the game, all you need to have is the will, willingness to create the initiative, courage and a good sense of humor to even laugh at your own situation or yourself when necessary. Don't live in fear of anything or of failure, after all we will ALL successfully die in the end. All of us from ones deemed most successful to the most unfortunate people imaginable. Being thought highly by mankind would be as meaningless as being thought lowly to the dead. It's between the creator and the dead in the end and nothing comes in between or remain hidden to the creator.