Living in regret

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NT have yall ever done something you truly regretted and it ended up eating you up inside? If so, how do/did you deal with it? And what important lesson can you derive from it?
 
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I think everyone has certain decisions that they wish they could rethink and go over again. It's important to not beat yourself up about it because no amount of worrying can change the past. Life goes on, it's important to remember that. Live, learn, and flourish.
 
I think everyone has certain decisions that they wish they could rethink and go over again. It's important to not beat yourself up about it because no amount of worrying can change the past. Life goes on, it's important to remember that. Live, learn, and flourish.
 
I regret not talking to these two hot white girls in high school. I think i could have smashed.
 
I think I regret not doing better in high school like at EVERYTHING. Depression is a ***** forreal. Im cool now tho. But if I did better in high school, Id be doing great
 
I almost always have at least one regret on my mind 
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In some cases I learned to live with it and moved on and in other cases I tried to make it right. I think all regrets can be put to rest to an extent with enough time, unless it was something bad enough.

In all cases I tried to learn from it and respond differently when a similar situation would arise. You will be tested again, it's funny how life works like that.
 
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Life is nothing but regrets. If you take one road, you'll always lament on what could have been with the other. It's how the mind works. Just keep pushing and take a lesson from everything.
 
Yea like others said don't take it as a L, look for the lesson learned in the situation and don't make the same mistake twice.

Regrets will eat you up man... It took me years to learn to let go and learn from it..

If you allow it to eat you up inside, then it will...count your blessings, acknowledge that it coulda been worse, and most importantly LEARN & GROW from it man..

And don't try and drink or smoke the pain away.. That's only temporary, like putting a band aid on it.. Eventually you'll have to face your demons head on, better now than later right?
 
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Man I'm going thru this right now. I did the dumbest thing and let down a lot of people. I lost the trust of my friends and now I'm facing it. The hardest thing was facing everyone and apologizing. I was trembling. I was fortunate to even have them let me apologize and give me a second chance. I just haven't shook it off though. It's been running thru my mind 24/7 this past week. Worst feels ever man.
 
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Think about your funeral. Will anyone care about your regrets? Will you care?

The truth is, when you die, people will come pay their respects then they'll go about the rest of their day. They'll eat a hamburger... they'll check the score of the game. Life is one big nothing. Anything you do is meaningless in the grand scheme of the universe.
 
No. Once an action has been committed it is forever engraved into the past.

You can reflect on it, you can get washed away in an ocean of feels from it, but ultimately you just have to move past it.

If you let yourself get stressed over something that can no longer change and you refused to learn a lesson, entirely your fault.

Only by learning from your mistake and moving past your mistake can you continue to grow
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No. Once an action has been committed it is forever engraved into the past.

You can reflect on it, you can get washed away in an ocean of feels from it, but ultimately you just have to move past it.

If you let yourself get stressed over something that can no longer change and you refused to learn a lesson, entirely your fault.

Only by learning from your mistake and moving past your mistake can you continue to grow :nthat:  
Word up learned that last year man .

Was in my feels for months then realized I can't change the past
 
Funny that this thread exists. I was literally just looking at ghandi and buddha quotes on self forgiveness.

I sometimes have a hard time forgiving others, and it's no surprise that I'm hard on myself when I let myself down or do something that wasn't wise. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and can be impatient, which is not the best combination. Also I need to be more mindful of my words and speak more positively about myself and life.

Just scrolling through a few buddha quotes has put my mind and soul at ease at the moment.

I posted this in the memtal health thread, but there have beem times where I experience shock (either by pain or panic) and the memory of that moment lingers in my mind, making it nearly impossible to focus clearly when I think about the incident or put myself in the location where it happened. I know it has to do with me not forgiving myself for allowing it to happen amd not being smarter. I really need to read more spiritual healing literature because I swear it's going to help me get over it.

Reminds me of a grudge that a held with an ex at one point, it's like it was impossible for me to get over what I was mad at. That same stubbornness causes so much turmoil and I've got to be more forgiving.

I've been working out a lot latwly and I'm going to start meditating and reading more. I let a lot of hectic things in my spirit throughout the day and I need a way to sooth things out.
 
being a slacker, I know I can be more in life but meh. I'll work on myself later. 
 
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