Honestly, being awful to my parents as a teenage girl. They were incredible in every way and for some reason making every decision I could to make things difficult for them was caked into my brain. I was an AWFUL teenager.
Settling down at a young age. I wish I’d dated more, had more sex, experimented. I mean I love my partner but I was 16 when we got together. I feel like I missed out.
Not knowing love, I played the part,
With borrowed lines, a guarded heart.
I turned true feelings into games—
Now all that’s left are ghosts and names.
Biggest regret? It’s crystal clear:
I hurt the ones I held most dear.
Wasting time on people who meant me no good . So much time could’ve been spent on developing hobbies and exploring what the world has to offer. I’m 28 so I feel like I still have time and I’m going to use it to the fullest now.
Taking 4Gs of shrooms with my best friend. I thought he was going to die after losing his mind during the trip. He smashed mirrors at my friends house and jumped on their cars. He was eventually arrested and taken to the hospital. He developed an anxiety disorder from it. He will never admit it but he’s never been the same since that day.
That I spent so much time being angry growing up, I was rightfully upset so I cut myself slack but yea if you can avoid being angry pls do it’s not worth your time while you’re on this earth
I married at 23 and didn’t get out until last year (13yrs married). Hard to say I regret it, with who I’ve become as a person because of it, and the 4 kids from that relationship, but man, sometimes I wonder….
Being brainwashed into hookup culture, “to get over someone, get under someone else.” I hated sex then and I hate that I gave into something that I wasn’t comfortable with and was certainly not me. A lot of regret there.
Not getting my shit together sooner. Partying over prioritizing in my early 20s really set me back. I’ve always felt like I had to play catch up with my peers.
I think for a lot of people, including me, it’s not the mistakes we made, but the chances we didn’t take. Whether it was not speaking up, not going after something (or someone), or playing it too safe out of fear… those “what ifs” linger the most.
Honestly not taking chances when I was younger. Not asking the girl out for fear of getting rejected. Not continuing an activity because people thought it wasn’t cool. Not trying to go to apply for schools that were far away.
I’m still young and in my thirties, but as I get older and have a family the opportunity to take a chance is few and far between now. I wish when Inwas younger I had just gone for some things and didn’t worry about the outcomes. My life is good, but I always wonder what would have happened if I had done things differently
Worrying so much about my future throughout my 20s. I always had this anxiety about “not making it” in life but everything turned out just fine so far.
Holding my tongue. There are times I held my tongue out of fear of consequences I made up in my mind that weren’t real looking back on it. Being more direct with an ex best friend about my feelings for her when we met in San Diego and getting a firm answer instead of letting things devolve the way they did, establishing barriers with people I should have, standing up for myself in positions I instead chose to allow others to roll me over on, etc.
Honestly… being so kind throughout life.. like I have received a lot of good karma for what I’ve done, at the same token I regret helping some terrible people(didn’t know they were terrible, I just enjoy helping others).
I struggled a lot with my mental health, especially in my teenage years, so I feel like I‘ve wasted my youth….
I know it‘s not my fault, but I wish I could get a second chance to live my school years once again
That said, I still struggle a lot BUT I try to make the very best out of my life now in my 20s!
Not asking that girl out. I once saw her turning the stairs going upstairs at my gym. Gasped. She literally took my breath away. She also gave me clear signs that she was interested, I was just a giant chicken. Totally shattered my confidence for good.
Also listening to others for investments. I should have bought TSLA when it was $120 (pre split) and BTC when it was $3k.
When I ruined the only really meaningful friendship of my childhood. I still feel tremendous guilt for what happened, and I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.
I was undiagnosed BPD as a teenager and young adult. I regret how hateful and mean I was to those who loved me, all because I was struggling and felt crazy. I regret hurting people because I was hurting.
Not speaking up when my brother starting dating his now wife that I knew, from person experiences with her, was very bad news. She’s ostracized him from our family and caused a lot of heartbreak. If I’d spoken up at the time, maybe things would be different. Maybe not, but that’s my biggest regret.
That I got out of the military only after 5 years I wish I would’ve spent the 20 or 30 and got lifetime retirement checks from the govt although it’s not enough to survive on it can make life a hellava a lot easier
The only girlfriend that ever truly loved and did nothing but support me thru my drug addiction and now that im on methadone and getting clean , she cant trust me again because i cheated on her. Idk what do to.
It took me until about 25 to no longer be a clear reflection of my extremely abusive childhood
or repeat traumas in young adulthood
A lot of people will beat themselves up about ordinary stuff or bad isolated periods in their life but I think there isn’t enough discussion on how some people live life figuring out really basic human concepts if they’ve only known abuse, you are as much a completely abnormal person as you are a victim
You can’t accept using those experiences as justification to get out of jail free so are left with huge regret about most of your life up until the lightbulb came on
Not confessing my assault to my partner, who I pushed away horribly because of it. Their last words were of hatred and after years I still wake up from nightmares of how awful I was. I’m so regretful and I pray my soul will not be forsaken.
I had a bad home life growing up AND at school. Got bullied a lot. My regret is how much it made me resent and hate everyone and the angry phase I went through where I was immediately like “fuck you” to everyone who tried to speak to me. I distrusted everyone. I regret that majorly but I thought I was protecting myself by rejecting everyone else first.
Honestly my biggest regret is being too trusting and kind to everyone. Lots of people fucked me over, especially men who don’t get what they want from you. I have had multiple people harass me, threaten me and use my secrets against me. But no more I’m changing fr
Listening to my guidance counselor and NOT becoming a nurse through the Vo-Tec program in high school, when my plan was to go to college for business.
It would have paid for my college, AND I was already looking at the administrative side of Healthcare before it was a thing.
What do I do now? The administrative side of healthcare, but without the clinical background.
I had an amazing job 1st job, I thought it was that easy everywhere, I was great at it, but I was also young and naive. I quit because I thought I could do better. Boy, it was a downfall from that point, until November 2024, 10 years later I’m finally starting to see the light again. I made peace with that a few years ago though.
But to do better I needed support and I didn’t have that. I needed food, warm clothes, a warm place to sleep, stuff I didn’t get. I ended up getting a job relatively young so I could afford basic needs;
I worked late nights, didn’t do my homework and slept through my classes.
I was also verbally abused and harassed by my drug addicted manager and groomed by a coworker.
I didn’t have anybody in my life to protect me so I had to be the adult.
That in turn, fucked up my education.
I do my best not to blame myself. But sometimes I still do.
Dropping out of college. It felt so hard at the time but I feel like I’ve missed out on so many opportunities. Jobs are so hard to find and even the ones I do find SUCK. Not to mention how isolating it is when all of your peers have their own life with tons of different friends and I’m still stuck in my hometown with nobody my age to spend time with.
I’m 39 now, and I’m living my worst nightmare, worst case scenario.
I don’t get a 2nd chance of having a family of my own, and i have to keep this freak as a part of my life for the next 9 years when I would much rather slam the door in her face and never look at or speak to her again. I have to pretend to like her, and get along with her. I have to pretend to like her new boyfriend when I’d like nothing more than to wipe that smug grin off his face and smear him across the pavement of the $1.5 million dollar home he bought for my ex.
Yes, that sounds like a lot of anger doesn’t it? What is the root of anger?
Hurt
Where does the hurt come from?
The amount of love, and hope that was there.
I put on a smile and pretend for the sake of our daughter, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
Rather than regrets, these are some of my learning
boundaries are good for everyone, you and those who are given them. It means everyone knows where they stand
network – think about it from the beginning of your career. Pay attention to the clever people at all levels of the organisation and stay in touch with them. I wish I’d known this realising the more senior you get the greater value a network can offer
get therapy and nurture a growth mindset
always cultivate healthy habits – do sport, as you get older it’ll be what will keep you young
Letting my first husband coerce me into giving him custody of our child, when we split up. I was in a horrible place, mentally, mostly because of the abuse in our marriage, and he was able to convince me that I was a terrible mother and not fit for our child to live with, along with using threats of violence. I didn’t know of anyone who could help me – I was very young, and it was over 20 years ago – or how to ask, and I was a broken mess. It caused irreparable trauma for both my child and myself, which still affects us every day.
I knew better when I left a second abusive marriage, 12 years later. I took my younger children to a shelter, sought out every possible resource, and spent years fighting like hell in family court. I didn’t try to play nice or think of anyone’s feelings other than my kids and then myself. I wasn’t about to go out of my way to lie, manipulate or screw anyone over, to be clear. I just kept to the facts, oh, and decided that I didn’t give a shit if the truth affected his reputation or career prospects.
I was awarded sole custody and sole decision making power within the first several months, but he continued to drag it through the courts for 5 years. Basically, every time he wanted to rattle me, he’d file a new motion to dispute something about custody or access. I was a total wreck on the inside, but managed to keep my shit together and not buckle. It got so ridiculous; I began to enter a statement, every time, stating that this was being utilised as court-sanctioned mental and emotional abuse, instead of caving in. It got so bad that the judge finally ruled that he was suspended from filing any motions for a full year. That finally ended the nonsense.
I’m proud of myself for fighting so hard, and managing to raise these kids in a home that is free from abuse and any kind of harm. It still can’t change the regret that I feel, every day, for becoming so beaten down not that it never crossed my mind, that I might be able to do it for my oldest child.
I have a lot but one of the biggest ones was not calling my grandma before she died. I was 13 at the time and randomly got the urge to call my grandma. When I went to go get my phone (I left it downstairs) my mom asked me to help her with something. It took a few hours and by the time we finished I was kinda tired. “I’ll call her tomorrow” I thought when I went to go shower. The next morning when I went downstairs I saw my mom on the phone crying. I was so confused so I hugged her while she explained that my grandma was in the hospital. I nodded and cried while she told me what was going on. I instantly felt guilty for not calling her. My mom rushed to the hospital to be with her. When my mom called me that night she said that my grandma could barely speek and that it had happend that morning. I told my grandma I loved her over the phone and she said said back. It was so quiet that I couldn’t hear it but my mom said she said it back. I told her that I’d call her once she got out kinda knowing that there was a good chance she wouldn’t. Not even a week later she passed away in the hospital. I still feal bad about being lazy and not calling her when I had the chance to.
Listening to parent’s advice to study something, believing it would help me get a good career and a stable life. What a waste of time, I never used it, I learnt on my own that its the money that is important, not some fancy job title, I am still unable to afford a lot of stuff.
Not saving my damn money, not taking religion serious sooner, not moving sooner, not taking undergrad serious, not taking advantage of covid life lol 😂
It’s not your turn to ask this question today. We have a list of people who are supposed to ask this every hour of every day, and you’re not scheduled until … 3pm tomorrow.
Devoting all of my energy to people pleasing and ensuring everyone liked me. I was a nice person for sure, but nice is fake as hell and people know it. I’ve spent a lot of time accepting the truth that I am not for everyone, and that’s ok.
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That I’ve spent so much time being self-conscious. It can be quite paralyzing and I feel I’ve missed out on a lot because of it.
not taking enough pills that night 😁 yup i’m good lolll
Honestly, being awful to my parents as a teenage girl. They were incredible in every way and for some reason making every decision I could to make things difficult for them was caked into my brain. I was an AWFUL teenager.
Being born
For the longest time, I was incredibly embarassed of every interest or hobby I’ve ever had. I missed out on a lot of connections because of it.
Settling down at a young age. I wish I’d dated more, had more sex, experimented. I mean I love my partner but I was 16 when we got together. I feel like I missed out.
“In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
Not making more more first moves and / or not talking to girls that i wanted to talk but didn’t advanced
I’ll have enjoyed college more. After the pandemic, I literally just graduated again and I feel like I wasn’t social enough.
My university studies. I picked the wrong subject. It’s not really helpful when it comes to finding jobs.
Not going to college. I was raised in a group that strongly discouraged higher education. I wish I knew I could have said F it & gone anyway.
Not making time enough for ex
Not knowing love, I played the part,
With borrowed lines, a guarded heart.
I turned true feelings into games—
Now all that’s left are ghosts and names.
Biggest regret? It’s crystal clear:
I hurt the ones I held most dear.
not letting myself love more
Not seeking help for my poor mental health earlier in life.
Waiting until my 30s to address my mental health. Things during my 20s, even teens, could have been so different.
I treated women terribly in high school and college. The worst part? I believed in my heart that I was such a nice guy.
Not defending myself in school
I’m no crypto-bro, but I definitely regret selling 11 BTC in 2012
Wasting time on people who meant me no good . So much time could’ve been spent on developing hobbies and exploring what the world has to offer. I’m 28 so I feel like I still have time and I’m going to use it to the fullest now.
That I wasn’t born strong enough, smart enough, wise enough, to save the world.
That I failed my one objective: save humanity from themselves.
I let you down, and I am sorry. It’s my bad man.
The list of regrets is many. Too many to list. It’s crushing.
Not making more friends early so I could be better at making friends and hooking up today
Not pursuing my dream of becoming a doctor.
Being Bi..should have been a lesbian
leaving my first job.
Not investing in google when I was 3
Taking 4Gs of shrooms with my best friend. I thought he was going to die after losing his mind during the trip. He smashed mirrors at my friends house and jumped on their cars. He was eventually arrested and taken to the hospital. He developed an anxiety disorder from it. He will never admit it but he’s never been the same since that day.
Not buying a house when I was in fourth grade and wasted my time playing outside.
I spent a few years being sober. Now, I am fully aware of the dangers of alcohol.
Didn’t start doing social media earlier cuz I was overthinking and afraid of judgements
Believing in people who didn’t deserve my time.
Blaming myself for every bad thing that happened around me 🙂
How much time you got buddy
Not dating guys sooner
That I spent so much time being angry growing up, I was rightfully upset so I cut myself slack but yea if you can avoid being angry pls do it’s not worth your time while you’re on this earth
I married at 23 and didn’t get out until last year (13yrs married). Hard to say I regret it, with who I’ve become as a person because of it, and the 4 kids from that relationship, but man, sometimes I wonder….
Letting my anxiety run the show.
As someone who is older: one thing leads to another so I don’t have many true big regrets.
Only little things like I wish I called someone before they died but even then it was ok since I did see them.
Being brainwashed into hookup culture, “to get over someone, get under someone else.” I hated sex then and I hate that I gave into something that I wasn’t comfortable with and was certainly not me. A lot of regret there.
I’m 52 and biggest regret is not having children
Not getting my shit together sooner. Partying over prioritizing in my early 20s really set me back. I’ve always felt like I had to play catch up with my peers.
Not being more confident
not to have asked this one charming lady for her number 294 days ago…
I think for a lot of people, including me, it’s not the mistakes we made, but the chances we didn’t take. Whether it was not speaking up, not going after something (or someone), or playing it too safe out of fear… those “what ifs” linger the most.
Not having had wealthy parents.
Dating you’re mother
Regret is for people that never learn to let go. The ones that never learn to move on.
Honestly not taking chances when I was younger. Not asking the girl out for fear of getting rejected. Not continuing an activity because people thought it wasn’t cool. Not trying to go to apply for schools that were far away.
I’m still young and in my thirties, but as I get older and have a family the opportunity to take a chance is few and far between now. I wish when Inwas younger I had just gone for some things and didn’t worry about the outcomes. My life is good, but I always wonder what would have happened if I had done things differently
Not knowing what to do with my life in terms of a career This is a daily on-going regret.
Not taking care of myself sooner
That I married the wrong man.
Ready to buy Bitcoin in December of 2010 till my ex wife convinced me it’s a waste of money.
being born
Not taking responsibility for the entirety of myself until much later in life. Trauma fucks shit up
Didn’t go to college. Really wished I had.
when i was 8-10 year old i buy so much rbx with my mom card (i really regret this sm
Marrying the wrong person
Worrying so much about my future throughout my 20s. I always had this anxiety about “not making it” in life but everything turned out just fine so far.
Not wearing a condom way back when
I studied history instead of music. I am not unhappy, but that is probably a massive fork in my quantum timelines and I often wonder…..
spending most of my childhood parenting my narcissistic parents. i’m in so deep now, it feels like i’ll never escape this crushing responsibility
Holding my tongue. There are times I held my tongue out of fear of consequences I made up in my mind that weren’t real looking back on it. Being more direct with an ex best friend about my feelings for her when we met in San Diego and getting a firm answer instead of letting things devolve the way they did, establishing barriers with people I should have, standing up for myself in positions I instead chose to allow others to roll me over on, etc.
Honestly… being so kind throughout life.. like I have received a lot of good karma for what I’ve done, at the same token I regret helping some terrible people(didn’t know they were terrible, I just enjoy helping others).
Meeting her
Rushing to get married…
Being born
Not taking more positive risks.
I struggled a lot with my mental health, especially in my teenage years, so I feel like I‘ve wasted my youth….
I know it‘s not my fault, but I wish I could get a second chance to live my school years once again
That said, I still struggle a lot BUT I try to make the very best out of my life now in my 20s!
Not asking that girl out. I once saw her turning the stairs going upstairs at my gym. Gasped. She literally took my breath away. She also gave me clear signs that she was interested, I was just a giant chicken. Totally shattered my confidence for good.
Also listening to others for investments. I should have bought TSLA when it was $120 (pre split) and BTC when it was $3k.
When I ruined the only really meaningful friendship of my childhood. I still feel tremendous guilt for what happened, and I don’t think I’ll ever get over it.
Never having the resources to emigrate to New Zealand.
Changing parts of myself for others to like having me around
Going to college. The first time anyway. Haven’t done shit with my first degree, a few video editing gigs, but that was more of a side thing.
Back now for Massage Therapy. It’s good. I should get back to studying though.
I was undiagnosed BPD as a teenager and young adult. I regret how hateful and mean I was to those who loved me, all because I was struggling and felt crazy. I regret hurting people because I was hurting.
Moving out of my mom’s 3 years ago and not saving more money.
Not seeing a psychiatrist in my early 20’s. Not being on the correct meds really screwed up a lot of my romantic and platonic relationships.
Not speaking up when my brother starting dating his now wife that I knew, from person experiences with her, was very bad news. She’s ostracized him from our family and caused a lot of heartbreak. If I’d spoken up at the time, maybe things would be different. Maybe not, but that’s my biggest regret.
Not telling someone that I had feelings about them
I’m still alive and presumably have some time yet to go so get back to me on that (you may need an Ouija board).
Getting married
Not being more outgoing
Losing so many of my loved ones to undiagnosed adhd, the meltdowns have caused me to say things… I’ll never be able to take back.
Not marrying my ex-girlfriend.
Not walking away from a very abusive relationship when I had the chance. Totally changed the entire trajectory of my life.
That I got out of the military only after 5 years I wish I would’ve spent the 20 or 30 and got lifetime retirement checks from the govt although it’s not enough to survive on it can make life a hellava a lot easier
Being born
The only girlfriend that ever truly loved and did nothing but support me thru my drug addiction and now that im on methadone and getting clean , she cant trust me again because i cheated on her. Idk what do to.
It took me until about 25 to no longer be a clear reflection of my extremely abusive childhood
or repeat traumas in young adulthood
A lot of people will beat themselves up about ordinary stuff or bad isolated periods in their life but I think there isn’t enough discussion on how some people live life figuring out really basic human concepts if they’ve only known abuse, you are as much a completely abnormal person as you are a victim
You can’t accept using those experiences as justification to get out of jail free so are left with huge regret about most of your life up until the lightbulb came on
Sticking my dick in crazy.
Not joining the military
Being too scared to call the cops when I was a kid. One phone call could’ve saved me and my siblings a lot of trauma.
Not confessing my assault to my partner, who I pushed away horribly because of it. Their last words were of hatred and after years I still wake up from nightmares of how awful I was. I’m so regretful and I pray my soul will not be forsaken.
Not doing more to engage in trauma therapy years before I did.
Who knew being an open wound isn’t conducive to healthy relationships
Pushing anyone who is remotely good in my life away
I had a bad home life growing up AND at school. Got bullied a lot. My regret is how much it made me resent and hate everyone and the angry phase I went through where I was immediately like “fuck you” to everyone who tried to speak to me. I distrusted everyone. I regret that majorly but I thought I was protecting myself by rejecting everyone else first.
Giving people who don’t deserve it too many chances
Spending some years with people I should have not to
Honestly my biggest regret is being too trusting and kind to everyone. Lots of people fucked me over, especially men who don’t get what they want from you. I have had multiple people harass me, threaten me and use my secrets against me. But no more I’m changing fr
Listening to my guidance counselor and NOT becoming a nurse through the Vo-Tec program in high school, when my plan was to go to college for business.
It would have paid for my college, AND I was already looking at the administrative side of Healthcare before it was a thing.
What do I do now? The administrative side of healthcare, but without the clinical background.
Not trying harder in highschool.
I had an amazing job 1st job, I thought it was that easy everywhere, I was great at it, but I was also young and naive. I quit because I thought I could do better. Boy, it was a downfall from that point, until November 2024, 10 years later I’m finally starting to see the light again. I made peace with that a few years ago though.
Listening to my parents, not going to college for what I wanted to.
Listening to my father-in-law and quitting a good job to move across country and help him with a business that didn’t really exist.
Not going into medical/veterinary medicine or at least architecture.
I wish I could have done better in education.
I knew I was smart. People told me I was smart.
But to do better I needed support and I didn’t have that. I needed food, warm clothes, a warm place to sleep, stuff I didn’t get. I ended up getting a job relatively young so I could afford basic needs;
I worked late nights, didn’t do my homework and slept through my classes.
I was also verbally abused and harassed by my drug addicted manager and groomed by a coworker.
I didn’t have anybody in my life to protect me so I had to be the adult.
That in turn, fucked up my education.
I do my best not to blame myself. But sometimes I still do.
There isn’t any.
Trying heroin
Dropping out of college. It felt so hard at the time but I feel like I’ve missed out on so many opportunities. Jobs are so hard to find and even the ones I do find SUCK. Not to mention how isolating it is when all of your peers have their own life with tons of different friends and I’m still stuck in my hometown with nobody my age to spend time with.
Not asking a girl out when I was driving long distance because even though I was in her area often, it was too far from where I lived.
Take more interesting classes in undergrad. I didn’t appreciate the wealth of knowledge and interesting topics I could explore then.
always being at war with my body and not appreciating it enough. everytime I look back I’m like “oh I was fit back then”
Choosing the wrong women to have a family with.
That woman and her mother are literal demons.
I’m 39 now, and I’m living my worst nightmare, worst case scenario.
I don’t get a 2nd chance of having a family of my own, and i have to keep this freak as a part of my life for the next 9 years when I would much rather slam the door in her face and never look at or speak to her again. I have to pretend to like her, and get along with her. I have to pretend to like her new boyfriend when I’d like nothing more than to wipe that smug grin off his face and smear him across the pavement of the $1.5 million dollar home he bought for my ex.
Yes, that sounds like a lot of anger doesn’t it? What is the root of anger?
Hurt
Where does the hurt come from?
The amount of love, and hope that was there.
I put on a smile and pretend for the sake of our daughter, and it makes me sick to my stomach.
Rather than regrets, these are some of my learning
boundaries are good for everyone, you and those who are given them. It means everyone knows where they stand
network – think about it from the beginning of your career. Pay attention to the clever people at all levels of the organisation and stay in touch with them. I wish I’d known this realising the more senior you get the greater value a network can offer
get therapy and nurture a growth mindset
always cultivate healthy habits – do sport, as you get older it’ll be what will keep you young
Letting my first husband coerce me into giving him custody of our child, when we split up. I was in a horrible place, mentally, mostly because of the abuse in our marriage, and he was able to convince me that I was a terrible mother and not fit for our child to live with, along with using threats of violence. I didn’t know of anyone who could help me – I was very young, and it was over 20 years ago – or how to ask, and I was a broken mess. It caused irreparable trauma for both my child and myself, which still affects us every day.
I knew better when I left a second abusive marriage, 12 years later. I took my younger children to a shelter, sought out every possible resource, and spent years fighting like hell in family court. I didn’t try to play nice or think of anyone’s feelings other than my kids and then myself. I wasn’t about to go out of my way to lie, manipulate or screw anyone over, to be clear. I just kept to the facts, oh, and decided that I didn’t give a shit if the truth affected his reputation or career prospects.
I was awarded sole custody and sole decision making power within the first several months, but he continued to drag it through the courts for 5 years. Basically, every time he wanted to rattle me, he’d file a new motion to dispute something about custody or access. I was a total wreck on the inside, but managed to keep my shit together and not buckle. It got so ridiculous; I began to enter a statement, every time, stating that this was being utilised as court-sanctioned mental and emotional abuse, instead of caving in. It got so bad that the judge finally ruled that he was suspended from filing any motions for a full year. That finally ended the nonsense.
I’m proud of myself for fighting so hard, and managing to raise these kids in a home that is free from abuse and any kind of harm. It still can’t change the regret that I feel, every day, for becoming so beaten down not that it never crossed my mind, that I might be able to do it for my oldest child.
As a woman, I wish I was diagnosed with Autism earlier. I’m not even clinically diagnosed, I’ve been self diagnosed for two years now. I’m almost 27.
I have a lot but one of the biggest ones was not calling my grandma before she died. I was 13 at the time and randomly got the urge to call my grandma. When I went to go get my phone (I left it downstairs) my mom asked me to help her with something. It took a few hours and by the time we finished I was kinda tired. “I’ll call her tomorrow” I thought when I went to go shower. The next morning when I went downstairs I saw my mom on the phone crying. I was so confused so I hugged her while she explained that my grandma was in the hospital. I nodded and cried while she told me what was going on. I instantly felt guilty for not calling her. My mom rushed to the hospital to be with her. When my mom called me that night she said that my grandma could barely speek and that it had happend that morning. I told my grandma I loved her over the phone and she said said back. It was so quiet that I couldn’t hear it but my mom said she said it back. I told her that I’d call her once she got out kinda knowing that there was a good chance she wouldn’t. Not even a week later she passed away in the hospital. I still feal bad about being lazy and not calling her when I had the chance to.
Listening to parent’s advice to study something, believing it would help me get a good career and a stable life. What a waste of time, I never used it, I learnt on my own that its the money that is important, not some fancy job title, I am still unable to afford a lot of stuff.
Thinking that being original was more important than doing well in college and finding a good job
My ex boyfriend 😆 I should have exited that toxic relationship much sooner.
Not saving my damn money, not taking religion serious sooner, not moving sooner, not taking undergrad serious, not taking advantage of covid life lol 😂
Caring what people think, not cutting my sister off sooner, people pleasing , not getting healthier sooner , living a non toxic life sooner
HEY. HEY.
It’s not your turn to ask this question today. We have a list of people who are supposed to ask this every hour of every day, and you’re not scheduled until … 3pm tomorrow.
Not spending enough time with my Dad, who died in 2001.
Not seeking psychiatry and therapy sooner
Devoting all of my energy to people pleasing and ensuring everyone liked me. I was a nice person for sure, but nice is fake as hell and people know it. I’ve spent a lot of time accepting the truth that I am not for everyone, and that’s ok.
getting a hormonal IUD
Spending all my settlement money on stupid shit and now I’m broke again
Telling my barber “do whatever you think looks best” in 2017. Still recovering emotionally 😂
Trusting my family. Parents and siblings are all in it for themselves. Good riddance.
It’s a tie between not starting to work out sooner, and listening to people that were adults/older than me who it turns out didn’t know jack shit.
Starting to sports bet. Lost everything I have when I could have had a really good savings
Speaking of regrets r/RegretfulParents
I didn’t buy property when I was 6 years old
Not buying bitcoin in 2011
Why care? I have no time for regrets. I’m busy living
Not finishing college in 4 years (I did it in 6) and passing on the opportunity to enlist in the army reserve
Not learning how to enjoy sports or exercising. I am 45 now and have never exercised or played any Sport. I feel like I missed out.
Using ‘teir’ instead of ‘tier’ and making it my username at the time😭
Not doing my best
Not trying harder to get to the gym, marrying my ex husband, not getting help for my mental health earlier in life…
That I never treated my boneitis