Strange problem, need help

Hey /prog/

I have a programming-related problem, and if you guys could help me out, I'd be forever grateful.

I used to program a lot, and made complex stuff without much trouble. For some reason, I stopped programming and thinking about programming and algorithms for a while, almost a year now. Now, I feel that I want to get back to programming and do what I used to do, but for some reason I can't.

I try to read my old source code, but I can't even wrap my head around the hacks and techniques I used before, it just blows right over my head. I try to read about the things I used before, but now I can't even begin to understand those things that seem to have had come so easily before.

I'm scared that I'm getting stupider, /prog/, and that I won't be able to program anymore like I used to. It's not so bad seeing that I regressed, as that is expected if I didn't program for an entire year, but what makes me depressed is that I can't seem to recover from it, that I seem to be stuck in a state of less understanding.

My question is this: Have any of you guys ever had a similar experience/feeling? How did you overcome it and get back to your hobby and passion? I would really appreciate any help you guys have to offer.

>>1
If you know the person that brought moderation here, could you kindly hit ey in the face with a shovel?

Now that that is taken care of, consider the following. Your old code sounds like undocumented garbage. Good code is readable and takes 5 seconds to understand why it is correct, even if you aren't the person that wrote it. Being able to write and come up to speed with well written code is more valuable than being able to trace horrible code. The latter is a test of understanding of the machine model, while the first is a test of creating complex things that will work as intended.

>>4
The problem mainly comes from the underestimation of our abilities and skillset.  That fatfuck burger eater that eats at the local McDonalds cannot even imagine how complex the technology underlying his big mac involves.  His fatfuck fingers manipulate his fatfuck burger bun (in a half-assed effort to 'get chicks with status symbols'), not even aware that you decided to cum on his patty to deliver his favorite brand of mayonnaise.