2007-02-04 11:50:44 · 6 answers · asked by Chiishi Suerute 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
they wish they could turn back time to change their mistakes.
2007-02-04 12:03:04 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it so much has to do with regret, rather it's more to do with dissatisfaction. We're human after all, and sometimes admitting mistakes/ defeat is just not acceptable as it's seen as a failure.
I know, I've been there; am familiar with the feeling.
It's a lot harder to move on because we can't let go and make peace with it.
2007-02-04 21:42:34 · answer #2 · answered by ViRg() 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I shloud say what Oscar Wilde said:(it's my translation from greek,i haven't read it in english-sorry about that:)"Nowadays,people die from a sneaky feeling of common sence,and discover,when it's already late,that the only things that noone ever regrets,are their mistakes."
We may say "I regret about this..." but truthfully, we regret about nothing.If we did everything perfectly, then what would be left for us to remember?Moreover,it is better to have companctions for something that you did than for something you didn't.
2007-02-05 11:28:07 · answer #3 · answered by gledis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an emergency mechanism in the mind that helps the reality principle when people are drifting into wishful denial. It is a wish that negation could be retroactive, it is the concept of consequence historicized, it is the gathering of wisdom, it is the pain of culture....
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/hegel/li_terms.htm
2007-02-04 22:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by Psyengine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion, it is wasted energy to regret. You did what you thought was best in the moment, and you can't take it back.
I don't know, maybe they like to keep themselves on the hook.
2007-02-04 20:35:08 · answer #5 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Guilt: The gift that keeps on giving.
2007-02-04 21:36:34 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋