#regret

#regret

As human beings, each of us is at once perfect and a work in progress. As we grow and expand our knowledge and understanding of the world, we sometimes experience setbacks and failures. We sometimes make mistakes. Some of those mistakes, long after we have made them, loom large in our minds and persist in our thoughts, so much so that we are burdened with regret and remorse for the hurt and harm we have caused others.

Looking back, most parents and adult children are going to have some regrets about their adolescent time together. They may regret what they did (commission) or didn't do (omission)-mistakes made or opportunities missed. Commission regrets might be: "I wish I hadn't lied to them about so much and grown so far away." Dishonesty costs intimacy, creating distance from distrust. Or: "We held onto her too tight when we should have done more letting go!" Their need to control delayed important youthful learning from life experience.

My truest taste of regret happened when I was just 16. I was a junior in high school and feeling fully overwhelmed by things I had no control over. That feeling came directly from living in a family unraveling at the seams, but I was too young to understand what was happening. My emotions were packaged up tightly, so I grabbed hold of things I did understand, and what I understood more than anything else was swimming.

Hangover, a virtually pandemic ailment, can produce physical discomfort and existential dread. After a night of excess, recovery may involve anxiety and regret about past actions.

Gurney stated Carruthers had made admissions in his Pre-Sentence Report, wishing to cleanse his conscience for his actions, attributing the tree felling to drunken stupidity.

Despite many believing they know their loved ones well, only 29% of those surveyed knew their mother's first date, while just 19% knew their father's.

Over 15 years ago, my husband and I thought we'd built the 3,000-square-foot home of our dreams. We added extra bathrooms, another bedroom, and focused on having tons of space for loved ones.

I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far,

Thirty-eight percent of Americans regret overspending just to keep up with wealthier peers, costing them an average of $63,000 in net worth.

The emotional cost of mentally undoing and redoing past events might be imperceptible in the moment, but it compounds considerably in the long run.

When faced with too many choices, dissatisfaction grows—not due to the choices themselves, but because each option creates a sense of loss and regret over paths not taken.

In a tragic reflection of systemic failings, the author reveals how their imprisonment not only affected their own life but profoundly impacted their child's perception of identity.

Now I have to tell people I'm devastated with how my body is. I looked better with the fat. I should have known by the deal that it was too good to be true.