Question About Regrets

Are most of your regrets based on an action you regret doing? Or are they regrets for failing to take action?

Most of my regrets are based off of actions I chose not to take, because I feared the consequences. Fear of failure kept me from taking action when opportunity arose.

I try to live with a no regrets philosophy, but it seems impossible especially in the aftermath of a very bad decision.

 

probably actions that I didn't take because I worried that I didn't have the ability necessary to succeed.

 

actions i didn't take. i've done some stupid shit and suffered the consequences, but even in those cases the ultimate result was usually for the best. also in those cases, i technically could have taken further actions that would have let me get away with said mistakes without consequence. so it's all about stuff i didn't do.

 

deciding to not take action is actually an action so i say yes to both

 

I regret opening this thread.... So, Yeah!

 

i regret NOT closing the browser when i was thinking about registering for hipforums.

 

The ones I remember most are when I feel like I failed to take action. Mostly because of the opinions I assumed people made about me and the consequences I mat have had to face because of others... if that makes any sense...

 

the one regret in my life that amounts to anything, kind of falls into both catagories.

 

Most of my regrets are primarily the result of inaction



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Pretty much always my inaction

I also realized recently that i take issue with the "no regret" philosophy - regret is necessary for growth

 

Actions not taken. There are things I wish didnt happen or that I didnt do, but I see no sense thinking about them. I personally just try to correct those things (correct karma) by doing the exact opposite. Honestly those things have a great ability to teach us things & shape us into better, more amazing ;-) people. Things not done though, create a sense of never knowing what could have been. No sense dwelling on those things either, but I think its worse because many opportunities don't come twice.

 

I could never say it better than this song does.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E2hYDIFDIU

 

I don't have regrets because I saw no other options at the time or even still today. I regret not having more viable available options. But life isn't going to be a perfect dream with all the tiny details worked out.

 

Both. I was a heavy drinker and did some dumb shit due to emotional issues before I partook in one of your finer psychedelics. I had serious opportunities in many ways in my life-work stuff, travel stuff and female stuff. Yup--regret not living parts of my life as I should have. I always did what I wanted--it's just that what I wanted was not what would have been best for me
long term. Maybe.

 

Regret is just desire. Desire is a bunch of something bad.

 

Not really. i regret how my last day with my mom alive was, for instance. i wish i had stayed there with her. I did not know she would die a day later....
No desire there.

 

I guess I regret not spending more time with my boxer dog when he got older. I was removed from the residence and didn't feel all that welcome there. I only saw him from time to time and never really loved him like I love my current dog.

I also regret not knowing my Dad better even though I might have learned to regret knowing him too well.

 

Awwwwhhhhh...hugs to you, Bud.....

 

I don't have any regrets at all. I believe that absolutely everything happens, or doesn't happen as the case may be, for a reason, even if that reason doesn't become obvious for a long time.
Like most of you I dare say, I've had sad and unpleasant occurrences in my life and I do genuinely believe that there's a reason behind everything.
Hope that's not too philosophical for after midnight!