I’ve suffered from eating disorders, I’ve gone from the extreme of not eating anything to the other extreme of eating a lot, and well, I feel that having gone through both problems, from malnutrition and refusing to even eat lunch to obsessiveness and binge eating, I feel that these two things affected my health.
I was in guard (the marching flag twirling kind) in hs. Anyway I’m 17 years out with chronic tendonitis 😅
I work an office job and sometimes lose full function of one of my arms because of it. When I try and do moves with a flag I get a nasty reminder of years long gone.
Self harm and $cuicide attempt, as well as eating disorders, I’ve been doing really good the past year tho, I’ve been eating more and no longer self harm
Cutting myself . I don’t mind scars but when they look like “that was intentional and self inflicted” , I can’t really lie and say “I fell” or “cat got me!”
Drinking over 500L of rum and bourbon over the course of 3 years. I’m 459 days sober now, but my body has been through hell, with much of it not coming back fully healable.
Eating too much junk food and not being at a healthy weight. Im trying to do better tho. But wish I developed healthy eating habits when I was younger…
Tattoos. I wish I didn’t regret them and get compliments all the time. They don’t have any negative meaning, but I also got them during younger stages of my life when I had more trauma and less support….
Now that I’m older and in a better place, it feels like wearing old clothes that I’ve outgrown and being forced to still wear them every day. It feels like a part of my body that actually isn’t mine. It’s bittersweet
the massive amounts of candy I have been eating for years now. I’m not fat, mind you, because sometimes candy is all I eat in a day, but my skin is fucking awful and I’m prediabetic. at 25 years. completely unnecessary
Dieting. It just ruined my metabolism and I wound up gaining back double what I lost as soon as life got stressful. Sometimes I wonder if I would be as heavy as I am now if I hadn’t restricted so much when I was younger.
Getting into bad eating habits. I love working out and as much as I work out I should be looking in shape but I have bad eating habits and I tend to have a indulgent eating habit and when I drink one pop I can’t stop at 1 I have to have like five. So I wish that I would had better establish better eating habits and a better diet to where I’m not going to be 30 years old and have to lose weight
Riding a snowmobile on vacation. They gave me a Men’s helmet that was too big and the trail was not cleared as well as it should have been. I hit a rock going 130 mph and flipped it. The weight of the helmet caused a major concussion because it was too loose and I have never been the same. I used to have perfect pitch and could play a song after just hearing it once. All gone now. I signed a waiver before anyone asks and cannot do anything anyway because it was in another country.
Self harming my hands, legs, feet, and arms. I have scars of various sizes and intensities all over my body now, which sucks because I don’t feel comfortable wearing shorts or short sleeve shirts because of it because then it shows and it’s embarrassing.
Not taking care of my teeth. Could have had brackets but I felt to ashamed now I have crooked teeth. Should have flossed more often now I have a few root canals and every other tooth had holes
I understood why I did it, but honestly it’s embarrassing being in my mid 20’s having the worst moments of my life documented across my thighs and arms. I’m not ashamed, but those struggles were a private dark spot I worked through years ago and I feel like a completely different person now and don’t often share it with new people I meet, so I wish I didn’t have permanent signs exposing that journey to anyone who sees them.
Not getting serious about fitness and diet sooner. I was a mildly chubby kid, and never really fixed things until my 30s – after I’d been an independent pro wrestler.
I got 4 tattoos within a 2 year span and at first I loved them but now I feel like I used tattoos to distract myself from other issues and I lowkey regret them. I hate to say it 😵💫
Kinda glad I don’t see smoking weed in this list.
I regret not taking my fitness and strength training more serious in my early 20s. Am working on it now as I get closer to 30 and I can’t imagine a life without a dopamine rush from a good exercise. I was complacent.
Not taking care of my teeth properly. Followed closely by using tanning beds in high school, but that’s more superficial, tooth problems can be painful! (And expensive lol)
GERD would’ve made it difficult to maintain them in pristine condition regardless, but definitely during my teenage years I often made the choice to not do my due diligence.
Breast Implants! I hate how normalized they’ve become. I thought I was being an empowered women doing something for myself. They feel gross in your body even though people would say “they’ll just feel like a part of you!”. Also caused chronic inflammation. I got them removed after 5 years and when I look at pictures, my face looks puffy. I lost 8 lbs instantly and the implants were less than 3 lbs total.
The only benefit of getting them and then having them removed is that I love my tiny chest now! Having breast implants made me feel so bulky.
It’s probably shallow but I hated my freckles..I had them all burned off (professionally). Then saw my brothers for the first time in years …I don’t look like my family anymore because they all have cute dots of freckles…and I just have nothing…
When I was a teenager, I got hit in the mouth with a vacuum cleaning attachment. My little brother threw it at me and it clacked me in my front tooth. The pain after was horrible, and the swelling made it hard to eat or even close my mouth. I ended up getting a root canal done, which eventually caused the tooth to break and I’ve had to have a fake one in its place.
At the time, the root canal seemed like the smart answer to ending the discomfort, but I think if I’d have left it alone, it would have eventually healed and gone back to normal once the swelling went down.
That fake tooth has caused me trouble for years and just doesn’t look right. I regret having my original tooth treated with a root canal and not just suffering through it when it was injured and healing
Not feeding myself enough. Usually due to stress but also a subconscious feeling that my thinness was the only attractive feature I had. I was already underweight when I got COVID, and ultimately dropped to 87 lbs as a 30-year-old.
I’m at a really healthy weight for the first time in my adult life and I feel incredible.
Riding a motorcycle when I was younger. Daily back/hip pain, teeth pain as I wasn’t able to afford implants so I have lots of deep fillings/composites that rea failing.
Not taking better care of myself while pregnant. I really messed it up. (To be fair, some of the damage was likely from issues were gonna be there regardless)
Waiting until 40+ to actually get fit. I was athletic as a youth and in the military. So active lifestyle (but garbage diet) meant I was never fat / obese, maybe a few extra lbs, but now that I give a shit, it seems like my body is actively fighting against me.
They unquestionably saved my life, but the 2 Autologous Stem Cell Transplants obliterated a decent portion of my energy after the second one. But I suppose being alive, even if it means only being vertical 12 hours/day, means it was worth it. Fuck fucking cancer.
Drinking alcohol every day for the last five years. No major incidents along the way at least, but I have felt it in my health lately and regret not getting it under control earlier.
Eating a wide range of hallucinogenic substances every chance i had. Numerous episodes of psychosis and a confusing perception of the world around afterwards. I will say i dont completely regret it though, just partially.
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Well it’s not exactly my fault but whenever I look at some scars I regret it
Smoking for years
I’ve suffered from eating disorders, I’ve gone from the extreme of not eating anything to the other extreme of eating a lot, and well, I feel that having gone through both problems, from malnutrition and refusing to even eat lunch to obsessiveness and binge eating, I feel that these two things affected my health.
Smoking.
Tattoos only two small ones but the ink used is toxic.
Scars down both forearms… I look crazy 😥
Smoking for 15 years and not following doctor’s orders to mitigate the effects of having polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Everything within the past ten days.
Drinking soda, Coca-Cola
Liposuction ruined my stomach. I will never ever show my stomach in public. It’s so bumpy and uneven
I’ve lost 144lbs and I regret it I think! I was so much cuter before
Smoking..
Anal bleaching
Not stretching properly.
I was in guard (the marching flag twirling kind) in hs. Anyway I’m 17 years out with chronic tendonitis 😅
I work an office job and sometimes lose full function of one of my arms because of it. When I try and do moves with a flag I get a nasty reminder of years long gone.
Cutting all over my arms and legs. I’m too far in to stop now
Drinking and smoking.
Tanning in the sun. Should’ve listened to Mom; the damage is real.
Eating disorders and self-harm
Tanning In Tanning beds. Biggest regret by far.
Drinking for 20 years.
Smoking , I have broken my few bones in anger sometimes first sometimes ankel …
Not getting enough rest, skipping breakfast
Drinking
Tanning and smoking
Tanning bed for years. Should be illegal.
Gooning
Breaking my back, my back is broken. Sphinal
Being ashamed for it. I could have loved it for my whole life, without caring for others opinions.
Breaking it for people that dont care. Im 27 and i have numerous chronic issues that will never heal.
Self harm and $cuicide attempt, as well as eating disorders, I’ve been doing really good the past year tho, I’ve been eating more and no longer self harm
Gaining the weight
Crappy tattoo
Self harm
Cutting myself . I don’t mind scars but when they look like “that was intentional and self inflicted” , I can’t really lie and say “I fell” or “cat got me!”
Stress
Let it get used to the long term nerve pain before I finally did something for it.
4 premolars extractions
Fisting my ass for now it no longer holds my stools
Having sex with men. Its degrading and dehumanizing (Even in relationships).
Letting it gain all this weight.
Binge eating, and when I was excessive with alcohol.
Not putting sunscreen on when I was younger, especially my hands. I’m so self-conscious about them now.
Not listening to it. Like when it needed to rest
Drinking over 500L of rum and bourbon over the course of 3 years. I’m 459 days sober now, but my body has been through hell, with much of it not coming back fully healable.
Sitting in an office chair for 40 years.
Working too hard and causing life long pain
Wackin’ it so often as a youth.
Masturbate.
Eating too much junk food and not being at a healthy weight. Im trying to do better tho. But wish I developed healthy eating habits when I was younger…
Smoking. No longer smoke, but i vape. Planning to quit soon.
Smoking
Not taking care of my teeth starting as soon as the permanent ones came in and not starting strength training in college.
Well the answer ISNT masturbating if that’s what youre getting at.
Tattoos. I wish I didn’t regret them and get compliments all the time. They don’t have any negative meaning, but I also got them during younger stages of my life when I had more trauma and less support….
Now that I’m older and in a better place, it feels like wearing old clothes that I’ve outgrown and being forced to still wear them every day. It feels like a part of my body that actually isn’t mine. It’s bittersweet
the massive amounts of candy I have been eating for years now. I’m not fat, mind you, because sometimes candy is all I eat in a day, but my skin is fucking awful and I’m prediabetic. at 25 years. completely unnecessary
Not loving it more for what it is, instead of hating it for what it isn’t.
Dieting. It just ruined my metabolism and I wound up gaining back double what I lost as soon as life got stressful. Sometimes I wonder if I would be as heavy as I am now if I hadn’t restricted so much when I was younger.
SODA for many years
Eating Roaccutan for acne. I still have dry eyes 35 years later. I wake up several times per night to hydrate them.
Being rough on my knees when they were already bothering me some. Now that I’m old they bother me a lot more.
Not exercising and not going to the dentist for 7 years.
Ignoring diabetes
Copious substance abuse.
(Fortunately so far no lasting damage… Well, we’ll see in 10-20 years)
Getting fat, should’ve stopped eating when abs dissapeared
Starving it
Getting fat, should’ve stopped eating when abs dissapeared
Starving it
Gaining a fuckton during my pregnancy
Letting it grow old.
cutting myself and gaining weight
not sleeping in middle school. i blame my height on that 😂
not taking care of it
Had a few tattoos with dates I considered to be significant. As I grew up I realized that they were not. Had them all removed and looks good as new!
Letting it get unfit and overweight after carrying 2 babies…….they’re now 15 and 11 and I’m further than ever from being fit and healthy
Tanning. My skin is really good for my age, but I imagine it would be phenomenal if I didn’t spend high school and college in the tanning bed.
Getting into bad eating habits. I love working out and as much as I work out I should be looking in shape but I have bad eating habits and I tend to have a indulgent eating habit and when I drink one pop I can’t stop at 1 I have to have like five. So I wish that I would had better establish better eating habits and a better diet to where I’m not going to be 30 years old and have to lose weight
Eating shit too much
Vaping
Drinking soda like it was water for most of my life until I realized what a stupid thing that was to do.
Making it this fat
Riding a snowmobile on vacation. They gave me a Men’s helmet that was too big and the trail was not cleared as well as it should have been. I hit a rock going 130 mph and flipped it. The weight of the helmet caused a major concussion because it was too loose and I have never been the same. I used to have perfect pitch and could play a song after just hearing it once. All gone now. I signed a waiver before anyone asks and cannot do anything anyway because it was in another country.
Eating Disorders – thanks mom!
Overeating to the point where I can’t breathe. Thoughts after waking up from 4/20 last night.
I regret 2 out of my 3 tattoos.
Clogging it with fat.
Self harming my hands, legs, feet, and arms. I have scars of various sizes and intensities all over my body now, which sucks because I don’t feel comfortable wearing shorts or short sleeve shirts because of it because then it shows and it’s embarrassing.
Sleeping on my belly, it fucked up my neck.
Breaking my knee
I broke it completely through dumb fault (was using phone and fell on cobblestone). I haven’t been able to run since.
Slipped a disc in my back
Not taking care of my teeth. Could have had brackets but I felt to ashamed now I have crooked teeth. Should have flossed more often now I have a few root canals and every other tooth had holes
I regret self harming.
I understood why I did it, but honestly it’s embarrassing being in my mid 20’s having the worst moments of my life documented across my thighs and arms. I’m not ashamed, but those struggles were a private dark spot I worked through years ago and I feel like a completely different person now and don’t often share it with new people I meet, so I wish I didn’t have permanent signs exposing that journey to anyone who sees them.
Making it sit through work every Monday-Friday my entire fucking life.
Overworking & not forcing myself to relax, rest, and enjoy life
Not taking hearing damage seriously.
Letting my belly grow this big
Not getting serious about fitness and diet sooner. I was a mildly chubby kid, and never really fixed things until my 30s – after I’d been an independent pro wrestler.
Younger me will hate me saying this…. But tattoos. My first two I still love but I would have been ok if I hadn’t gotten the other two.
Not looking after my teeth better, my smile is pretty busted now and it’s a bit too late to do much about it except prevent further damage
I got 4 tattoos within a 2 year span and at first I loved them but now I feel like I used tattoos to distract myself from other issues and I lowkey regret them. I hate to say it 😵💫
Getting fat. It’s so hard for me now, anyway 50lbs down at the moment another 70 to go. People please dont eat your feelings.
Kinda glad I don’t see smoking weed in this list.
I regret not taking my fitness and strength training more serious in my early 20s. Am working on it now as I get closer to 30 and I can’t imagine a life without a dopamine rush from a good exercise. I was complacent.
Not taking care of my teeth properly. Followed closely by using tanning beds in high school, but that’s more superficial, tooth problems can be painful! (And expensive lol)
Tats
Gaining a lot of weight as a child, you don’t lose it that quickly when you age… But I am working on it
Neglect my teeth.
GERD would’ve made it difficult to maintain them in pristine condition regardless, but definitely during my teenage years I often made the choice to not do my due diligence.
Breast Implants! I hate how normalized they’ve become. I thought I was being an empowered women doing something for myself. They feel gross in your body even though people would say “they’ll just feel like a part of you!”. Also caused chronic inflammation. I got them removed after 5 years and when I look at pictures, my face looks puffy. I lost 8 lbs instantly and the implants were less than 3 lbs total.
The only benefit of getting them and then having them removed is that I love my tiny chest now! Having breast implants made me feel so bulky.
Wish I would’ve wore my retainer after getting my braces off.
cocaine
barcodes.
It’s probably shallow but I hated my freckles..I had them all burned off (professionally). Then saw my brothers for the first time in years …I don’t look like my family anymore because they all have cute dots of freckles…and I just have nothing…
Anyways that’s just my regret.
When I was a teenager, I got hit in the mouth with a vacuum cleaning attachment. My little brother threw it at me and it clacked me in my front tooth. The pain after was horrible, and the swelling made it hard to eat or even close my mouth. I ended up getting a root canal done, which eventually caused the tooth to break and I’ve had to have a fake one in its place.
At the time, the root canal seemed like the smart answer to ending the discomfort, but I think if I’d have left it alone, it would have eventually healed and gone back to normal once the swelling went down.
That fake tooth has caused me trouble for years and just doesn’t look right. I regret having my original tooth treated with a root canal and not just suffering through it when it was injured and healing
Not starting a habit of working out when I was younger. I know I can start whenever but it’s so much harder now as a busy adult.
Smoking and tanning. Quit both by 21, but I’m sure it did damage
Not wearing earplugs at loud concerts. Sure wish I had the ability to sit in silence… Like, at all.
Drugs
Eating too much.
Ignoring it.
Smoking
Ego lifting, now my back is bad forever
Not feeding myself enough. Usually due to stress but also a subconscious feeling that my thinness was the only attractive feature I had. I was already underweight when I got COVID, and ultimately dropped to 87 lbs as a 30-year-old.
I’m at a really healthy weight for the first time in my adult life and I feel incredible.
Putting it thru severe trauma with doing drugs and stress.
Learning too late about wearing sunblock (but then, none of us my age knew). Eating too much sugar (still a problem).
Skin picking. It’s not in my control and I’m trying to get better with therapy but the scars are tjere
Not exercising regularly.
Drugs at an early age
A few cuts on my arm
Thankfully i caught myself before it got worse like what was i thinking smh
Having children
Riding a motorcycle when I was younger. Daily back/hip pain, teeth pain as I wasn’t able to afford implants so I have lots of deep fillings/composites that rea failing.
Not taking better care of myself while pregnant. I really messed it up. (To be fair, some of the damage was likely from issues were gonna be there regardless)
Waiting until 40+ to actually get fit. I was athletic as a youth and in the military. So active lifestyle (but garbage diet) meant I was never fat / obese, maybe a few extra lbs, but now that I give a shit, it seems like my body is actively fighting against me.
Not exercising and eating properly when younger
Putting it in the sun with a cavalier attitude to sunscreen.
Not feeding it properly to the extent my hunger ques are messed up
Smoking, taking drugs, tattoos and drinking alcohol.
Anorexia
Messing with my hair too much. I always cut and regret. Dyeing it anything but blonde… I always regret it haha
Drugs
I went to a bar in Tucson and let them brand me on the ass with a red hot cattle brand…
Hating it
Self harm—more the headbanging than the cutting. Now I have the after effects of repeated concussions to live with for the rest of my life.
Piercings
Not flossing and not brushing my teeth enough in my teens. I’m now the owner of eleven crowns and countless fillings, oh and one implant.
They unquestionably saved my life, but the 2 Autologous Stem Cell Transplants obliterated a decent portion of my energy after the second one. But I suppose being alive, even if it means only being vertical 12 hours/day, means it was worth it. Fuck fucking cancer.
self harming 😭😭 now i need to pay 2k to get surgery to get rid of the scars all bc i was sad in highschool 🙄
not eating breakfasts and dinners for 2 years straight
Growing a sexy belly
Tattoo
giving it to men that didn’t see my value
My tattoos honestly. I’ve outgrown them. I’m thankful that I never got the sleeves I wanted so bad at least.
Not taking better care of it.
Not eating healthy
Being sedentary and allowing it to weaken
Drinking alcohol every day for the last five years. No major incidents along the way at least, but I have felt it in my health lately and regret not getting it under control earlier.
Self harm
2019 cartdemic
Eating a wide range of hallucinogenic substances every chance i had. Numerous episodes of psychosis and a confusing perception of the world around afterwards. I will say i dont completely regret it though, just partially.
Tanning
Masturbating
Smoking…ughh
eating fast food
Having sex without marriage. I’m never doing that again. Ruined my life. I’m good on my new fresh path. It’s patiently going well
Getting tattoo sleeves, eating unhealthy foods, not drinking water, not exercising, etc.