It's clear to me how cringe worthy some of my earlier work is, and that leads me to think that I'll feel the same way in a few years time about the work I'm doing now. This makes me reluctant to put myself and my work out there, which makes it look like I don't get anything done, which is in many ways worse than doing work that you later regret.
On several life-changing occasions it lead me to say to myself there's something I'll never be able to do. As soon as I said that, I was able to have stress-free thoughts my subconscious had not allowed me to have before.
The closest term I've found for this curious effect is: paradoxic intention. You try to do the opposite of what you fear, exaggerating it to the point of humor if possible.
Whatever the source of "history of illusion" is, paradoxic intention might be its desired outcome. Or in simpler terms: you have to let go.