What's your perspective on regrets? Do you have any in your life?

Waste of an emotion but we can't help it sometimes. Yes, I have a big one but I tend to remind myself where I was emotionally at that time and it usually fully explains my decisions. It's easy to look back and see where I made a mistake but who could have known then? Plus we tend to look at things from the perspective of the older version of us and forgot what we felt like about the life when we were younger.

I believe if we do not have any regrets we have not learned much.
I suppose that may be a different take on it than some people have.
But, as humans we are going to make mistakes, fail to do things that might enrich our lives, and we are going to hurt people from time to time and if we don't regret any of that what does it say about us?
I guess, I believe, the best thing you can do with regret is learn from it, otherwise you become a bulldozer mowing everyone down in your path and never having much empathy

It's cliche but I regret the things I haven't done. Fear and anxiety can rob you of so much potential.

I have done multiple mistakes in my life but thats because I am in the present position to look back and ponder .But back in the days,whatever I did was give my best in whatever situation I was in .
So its not exactly a regret bec I tried giving my best in the past .

For most of the things I’ve regretted, I fully believe I did the best I could with the knowledge and coping skills I had at the time. There are a few things I think I will always regret and never forgive myself for.

Feeling regretful is a cycle. Some blame our premitive mind for it. Ideally, it should not have any place in our lives. But we are human beings and emotions are what makes us human. But Coming out of that cycle is WIN situation for anybody.

I regret being shy. I regret not taking chances I should have. I regret not being a better person when I had the opportunity in the past.

I have a lot of regrets, I try not to ruminate on them. I feel like the only thing I can do now is try to learn from them.

For me, regret is a choice. I don't bother with that sort of thing. The past is beyond my control and it's a waste of my time.

Yes.

I think @exexec said it well.

Yes, a few regrets for things I have done, but more regrets for things I did not do.

Certainly. Lots. Such a joy to constantly explore them with a bit of chronic overthinking.

Yes the day I caused my sister's death. It's my biggest regret in my life and I still struggle with it now

Very few, mostly over things I really wanted, then bought and realized it was a waste of money on something I just did not need!

I have a few. Sometimes they hit me, but for the most part I just make sure not to repeat the same mistakes.

Many, and the older I get and the more I look back, the more regrets I find/remember.

They haunt me because I was trying to say yes but I was stopped.

maybe, but i guess. I'm only human

I've had a few; a few to mention.🎶

Some important ones, yes

I use them as fuel for personal improvement. They serve no purpose other than that.

Everyone has some. My personal ambition is to get to the far end with as few as possible.😷

She is long gone but I still have that regret of meeting her

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Yes I wish I hadn’t stopped working at 20… now lm going to hell😰