What is regret? Dealing with regret, how difficult is that? Is dealing well with feelings of regret part of personal development? How can you deal with that nagging feeling? How healthy is regret? How unhealthy are feelings of regret? What choice made or not made in life do you regret? What life choices do you regret? Can we learn from regret?
What is it?
What is regret? What is regret? Regret is an emotion, a human feeling, that is connected to making choices. Regret the choices you have made in your life, or not made. Regret something you did, but most people regret something they did NOT do, such as not finishing college. You feel regret afterwards because you did not complete that study. Regret is a feeling you feel afterwards, after you have made a choice.
Healthy
How unhealthy is regret? Regret can have a major impact on your health, both physically and psychologically. People who experience a lot of regret in their lives feel:
- less vital,
- Less healthy,
- Less satisfied with their lives,
- Less satisfied with themselves
- Less positive and familiar
- More negative feelings.
Is regret completely unhealthy? No, there is a small positive detail: we can learn from regret. Learn how things can be done differently in the future. That we have to make different or better choices in life.
Personal development
Is dealing well with regret and feelings of regret part of personal development? Choosing yourself is important. Standing up for yourself is important, it is important for someone’s personal development. What choices in your life do you feel like you’ve ignored?
Become happy
Have you had a lot of regrets in your life? Have you done a lot of things you didn’t want to do and not done too many things you wanted to do? To become happy you have to turn it around: do what you want to do and not do what you don’t want to do. It’s a tormenting thought that you’re not doing the things in your life that you really want to do!
Reduce feelings of regret
How can we reduce those feelings of regret? Is there a way to come to terms with those nagging feelings of regret? By following the meditation exercise below from therapist Johanna Blankesteijn:
- Sit in a place where you will not be disturbed. Do some breathing exercises to calm down and calm down. When you feel relaxed, continue:
- Concentrate on that nagging feeling of regret. Close your eyes. Explore your feelings of regret, without judging or blaming yourself. What was going on when you were in that situation? Dare to be curious. Investigate and review that situation. How do you feel? What happens to your body? What thoughts arise? What feelings come up?
- If reactions come up, let them out, express them. If you feel yourself getting sad, don’t hold back your tears, express your feelings! If judgment comes up, realize that you now have the tendency to judge. From the!
- After a few minutes, let go of your thoughts and feelings of regret. Stay seated for a while. Open your eyes. Take a moment to reflect on what you have just discovered and experienced. Do the released feelings tell you something? Do the released thoughts want to tell you something? Do you get the feeling that you have to do something now to close off the feelings of regret ? To thank someone? Or apologize to someone? Still want to complete that training? Or acknowledge that it is over and done with?