A Prayer About Regrets, When I need To get Over My Regrets.
Regret is a common feeling that has both negative and positive effects. Knowing how to move past and learn from them is key to your overall well-being.
Regret is a feeling based on the idea that you could have acted differently to produce a more desirable outcome.Regret can be accompanied by guilt, embarrassment, and self-blame. It can include asking yourself a lot of hypothetical questions: “What if I acted differently? What if I took that opportunity? What if I didn’t say what I said?”Because you can’t go back in time, you’ll never know the answer to those questions.
For that reason, you might ruminate about it — thinking the same thoughts over and over again, wondering what could’ve happened.You might regret something even when, realistically, there’s nothing you could’ve done, and even if ultimately you believe you made the right choice. The feeling of regret itself isn’t proof that you did the wrong thing — you might simply have complicated feelings about your experience.
Why are regrets harmful?
Regret is associated with higher levels of cortisol. Known as the stress hormone, cortisol helps you when you enter flight-or-fight mode. Chronically high levels of cortisol are associated with mental and physical health problems.According to a 2015 studyTrusted Source, people who are prone to regret are more likely to experience:
- depression
- hopelessness
- suicidal ideation
Many people ruminate about regrets. Rumination is when you can’t stop thinking about the past, even when you’re having the same thoughts over and over again. With rumination, these thoughts are negative or upsetting in nature.Although most people ruminate, rumination is associated with certain mental health conditions, including:
- depression
- anxiety
- post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
It’s not possible to avoid regret entirely. But managing regret in a healthy, positive way can help you learn from the experience.
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