English Dictionary

confront one's demons

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.

日本語の意味

過去の経験によって残された心の傷に向き合い、それを乗り越えること

One must confront one's demons to truly heal from past wounds.

本当に癒されるためには、人は過去の心の傷と向き合わなければならない。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To work through past experiences that have left emotional scars.

But a personal and almost menopausal crisis brings him back to an Edinburgh he hardly recognises. As if in a Sergio Leone film, Renton has an obscure need to return, to confront the demons of his past, in particular the three guys he ripped off after a drug deal at the end of the last story.

confronts one's demons （ present singular third-person ）

confronting one's demons （ participle present ）

confronted one's demons （ participle past ）

confronted one's demons （ past ）