A painful emotion designed to bring attention to the quality of a past choice when facing undesired circumstances. This attention supports either recognizing one’s responsibility for the outcome (enabling better choices moving forward) or recognizing one’s lack of responsibility (preventing misplaced guilt).
[Note: When coupled with attachment to how things “should have been,” regret becomes a source of misery rather than a learning tool.]
See also: Attachment, Choice, Guilt, Misery, Pain, Shame, Suffering
REGRET
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