Regret is a big topic in therapy. People talk with anger and sadness about the choices they’ve made. They mourn and criticize themselves, speaking with disappointment about how their “bad” decisions ruined their lives. They beat themselves up, with no mercy, for decisions that didn’t deliver the results they wanted.
Why Regret Is So Often a Waste of Time
Be wary of lamenting 'wrong choices' at the cost of life's profound opportunity
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Regret is a war we wage against ourselves over decisions we can only accept. Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock
By Nancy Colier
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