My biggest regret in life are not trying to play at my best with my middle school soccer team. I was afraid of getting prideful and conceited. But after a while I should have tried anyways. Everybody made fun of the coach because they thought he was a looser. One day I saw throw up on the field and I told the coach that I threw up, so I could skip practice.
I’m a goal keeper and I’m useless with my hands, but quite good at the scorpion kick, not.
I regret that I did not take a little time to reflect on my life at certain stages, and saw what was going wrong, and then I could have avoided years of living wrong.
Not trying to exercise more when I was first diagnosed. Truly. It makes such a huge difference to my now life. Everything else just is or was. Not trying to exercise for years is my only regret.
A good reminder…thanks
Three years ago at the board & care I had to share a small room with a 27 year old veteran and ex-homeless person (the same person in case you didn’t get that). We got along pretty good but it was nice when he went out and I had the room to myself.
He used to be in the room all morning and stay up all night playing video games so my only alone time in the room was after dinner from roughly 5:00 pm to 11:00 pm. I really should have gone out nights but it was so relaxing and peaceful to just get on my laptop and relax alone in peace until he got back.
So I forced myself to go watch TV in the TV room with people sometimes or go to the store but I eventually took the easy way out and stayed inside. For more than a year. It’s kind of like your answer @rogueone I really got out of shape by staying in so much. I really regret that and I’m paying for it now. I should have gone for walks or gone out to coffee or walk to the store. I’m really out of shape now but I walk occasionally on my days off.
I wish I had made more efforts to let go of bitterness and resentment. I feel like those negative emotions ate up a lot of my life before I learned to deal with them better.
I regret having ever gone to med school. I dropped out at the end of the first year, due to having my first psychotic break. I’d been having some psychotic symptoms, as well as mood symptoms, since I was 15, but it all came to a head that year, when I was 23. It was such a huge waste of money, still have an enormous amount of student loan debt because of it.
Granted, i had no idea how bad things were going to become for me, of course I thought I would graduate and live my dream of being a doctor, but now I look back on it with so much regret.
I kinda regret my brief marriage (May 2008 to November 2008), too, but med school is my biggest regret.
My treatment of women is at the top of a long list of regrets. I don’t want to say anything more than that.
Not murdering my ex when I had the chance.
Awesome haha lol
My regret is not living at my best level at each stages of life. Blamed mental diseases, situations etc and made it as an excuse for putting off things, delay etc which I could have done in spite of the symptoms if I tried.
I had about 5 blown career opportunities from 2003 - 2007.
- UPS package car driver (could t pass a drug test)
- Accounting work (had psychotic break)
- Long haul truck driving (had psychotic break even worse this time)
I digress… only 3 blow opportunities…
These haunt me the worst
I had several “sure things” when I was younger in my twenties and I let the opportunities slip away. It especially stings me now because I never had confidence with women and any luck I had was hard earned and I had to fight (figuratively) for every single, little opportunity that came my way or any favors that women showed towards me. Yeah. I regret that. Nevertheless, I got to make some memories.
I made many mistakes in life but, I regret nothing because everything turned out for the best.
I definitely feel you both, @antidepressant044 and @Blizzard!
I regret not disciplining my daughter more. I always felt sorry for her. She really had the wool pulled over my eyes. I regret not seeing her for who she is sooner and standing up to her. I really did her a disservice. Now she doesn’t have enough discipline to lead an organized life and it’s causing her hardship and it hurts me. So I regret that.
I think my mom always felt bad that I didn’t have a dad growing up. So she bought me whatever I wanted basically. Expensive bicycles, my neighborhood friends spited me because I had everything.
I was also rebellious and she did t know how to control me and she felt bad for that.
Your daughter may have to hit bottom, that would be a good time to be there for her.
That’s when my mom came thru for me
My daughter is a sociopath. It’s hard loving one.
I regret with blood full eye not tears being on “”"Arab defense forum “” it packed with security agencies from all over the world
I torture becoz of it