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As you go on in life what is the worst sentiment you will feel?

Regret.

If you're happy in life, even you may think twice about everything. You may think twice about an uncle of yours who has endured hardship throughout his life and saved nothing, and who in old age, loses his wife and possibly his son, and is forced to live on his own.

Ultimately you aren't responsible but it leaves you with a feeling that you should or could've done something.

Or maybe it could be a special girl, or maybe an occasion you've missed. Something that was within your power.

Maybe the worst of all is when you miss your blissful childhood you know? This sort of thing could usually stem from being disappointed of your current state of affairs.

Maybe I'm too young to be saying this considering I'm only 16, but then I've seen enough of this sort of thing.

Regret is a good thing, it helps us learn from our mistakes.

No... learning from your mistakes is when you fail at something.

To regret something is almost entirely different. I know my share of regret. It is when you look back and realise that you could have done things differently and it could have or may have turned out better for you. I won't go into what caused my regret but it got so bad that I couldn't be happy for 2 whole years. Regret can really get to you if you let it.

Like you, AllStarZ, I'm 16 and I can definitely say that there is no way someone can be too young to feel regret.

I'm really messed up though because of regret. So messed up, in fact, that I can't help but regret every action I take. I can do something and regret having done it a few seconds later. I will always think "I shouldn't have done that." or "That could've been done better."
This goes for everything.

Regret can really mess you up.

I'm a bit of a poet too so I've written about the 2 years of regret I lived in that I also, ironically, regret.

Link: http://blog.myspace.com/sebcolt

And it's the poem named "Regret". Enjoy. Or not... It's quite depressing, actually.

Regret is what nearly destroyed the life of some people who are.. very close to me. I can safely say that it can be one of the most irrational emotions you can endure, just like fear, but less confronting. Learning to suppress your regret, talk yourself into ignoring it, has been a quite big part of personal development for me.

P.S: The kind of regret I'm talking about will be unknown to most of you. So don't think I'm whining about everyday problems.
Edited by Mathias, 30 April 2007 - 16:37.

Regret is annoying but as I do for myself . Just let it be, what you have not done or could be doning but you wasn't doing it when you could. Time is enough to do at least 20 % of what you have not done yet ,your life can end every moment but you still will be doing some things before leaving this paralell I am naive 20 years young man who are getting back his optimism when so many things are slipt from my fingers ..
Edited by Ektufall, 30 April 2007 - 13:54.

Regret is a pretty good thing for me .

Regret, for me, is a reminder of what you should and should not do in the future.

Regret is nothing against the feeling of a part of your soul beeing ripped out of your entity and laying dead before your mind to be examined by yourself...

Regret fucked me up for two years of my life.
when i was about 10

Regret is indeed a powerful and negative emotion, but it can and should be used in positive ways to help you learn from your mistakes. "Well, at least I know what NOT to do next time..."

Everybody regrets things, with me it's usually not taking advantage of opportunities, or not recognizing those opportunities until they're gone. That said, I don't let it dominate my life. There's too much to see in front of you for you to look back for very long.

I believe it's safe to say that everyone has regrets, but it's how you act afterwards that sets you apart. Don't live in regret for what "could have been". Instead look forward and remember what not to do, and what to do, or what you ought to do.


Regards,

Nuker

Regret isn't bad if it leads to improvement. I see life as a learning experience, and if I sink down into regret without learning from it, it's a wasted opportunity. Something happened, I mourn, remember, learn, improve, and move on. Or at least I try to.

To quote Mimi from the musical Rent "Forget regret, or life is yours to miss"

I support this statement. If you are always looking back and questioning your moves, how are you going to get ahead? If you worry about regret in the stock market, well then you are no stock trader my friend.

Our most successful men in the world managed to give it all and not look back. We should follow suit.

Regret is like a bad dream. It can kick some sense into you but don't dwell on all your regrets that's like being dragged down into the Abyss.
Edited by Overdose, 01 May 2007 - 12:01.