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.

yeah, it's mostly because your old code is shit & you really didn't have an understanding of the concepts.

I'd suggest sitting down and learn this shit for real instead of checking the box ( ☑ ) whilst attending class with a hangover.

PHP is shit for many reasons, but mostly due to developer arrogance. 

"It's so shit I never have to learn to use this incredibly simple language to get my job done!"

So goes the average BS developer, a deviant who wishes to suck the .NET corporate cock or take it up the ass with Ruby or Python.  PHP is too low-brow for him!  Give him ultimate freedom and watch him flounder about, gasping for answers from StackOverflow.

The problem mainly comes from the underestimation of our abilities and skillset.  That fatfuck spic that works at the local convenience store cannot even imagine how complex the technology underlying his iPhone facebook creep campaigns involves.  His fatfuck fingers manipulate his fatfuck iPhone (in a half-assed effort to 'get chicks with status symbols'), not even aware that you decided to use a RESTful API to deliver his nudie pics. 

If you can program, I assume you are of a higher caliber.