If you had the chance to go back and change your past, would you? Why, or why not?

Question

You can look at it as divine, or scientific intervention. Whichever makes you more comfortable.
Before anybody asks; I would not.

Answer 1

not at all
I havent had the best life ... had some pretty horrible things happen
but I know for sure , I wouldnt be who I am without my past
so have learned to embrace it
because i turned out pretty ok

Answer 2

I have wondered this myself, many times. Before my Mother's surgery, she gave me the opportunity to tell her not to go, because she 'knew' that she was not going to come back from it. I brushed it off, told her that she was crazy and just nervous. Unfortunately, she was right.
Many of the paths and challenges I have faced would not have come to pass if my Mother had survived. Things, mistakes I have made, I have done that my Mother would have NEVER let happen, I have survived. Part of me will always be a lost little girl, but I've HAD to face all these things on my own and it has made me a stronger person than I probably would have been if I had had my Mother to run to every time something went wrong.
There are times, like when I'm with my son, that YES, I'd go back and change what I'd said. Then I think, if Mom had survived I probably wouldn't have my son. She would have gotten me away from his abusive father before he was conceived. I also wonder, if she had not gone to the hospital on that day, would she have just died some other way. It was her time, I've come to accept that over the years.
I've become the person I was supposed to become because of this. So, I guess the short answer would be no, everything happens for a reason, no matter how messed up it may seem at the time.
)o( Blessed Be!

Answer 3

I would. When I was younger, I hurt someone pretty badly. I did not have a full comprehension of what I doing when it happened, but now, a little bit more than a decade later, I do. I regret it deeply to this day, because that person is still bearing the consequences of my ignorant action. So if I had the option of going back in time and changing one thing, I would take that decision back.

Answer 4

The song, "Starting With Me" by Jake Owen, says it all:

If I had a dime
For half the things I did
That didn’t make no sense at all
I’d be living a little higher on the hog
If only I’d have known
That later on down the road
I’d look back and not like what I see
I’d have changed a lot of things
Startin’ with me

Answer 5

No.

My first instinct was yes.

But no.

I'd give the world for a different life; a different existence, altogether altered from this one.

But if my past were different, I would've done things differently, and therefore it's entirely possible that I never would've met some of my best friends.

I'd give the world for a different life.

But I'd give the universe to stay with some people that are in my life.

I wouldn't. I never want to lose them.

So, no.

Answer 6

There would be minor things I would correct, like changing some of my bad habits earlier and taking advantage of certain things I didn't, but overall, I don't think I would because everything I've gone through and done has made me what I am, and not to sound conceited, but I'm pretty content with that person.

Answer 7

Some recent events in my life have made me wish it were possible but honestly No I would not.
I have a long list of what ifs but had I not suffered childhood and spent a lifetime trying to recover I know that I wouldn't be the compassionate, caring, (sometimes crazy),trusting, and totally amazing person that I am.

Answer 8

I would. Id go back in time and lie to this one guy about my age and see if he went out with me.

Its a experiment to see if age is the factor here.
Im 18 and hes 23.
I was 17 and he was 22 when we became friends.

Answer 9

I wouldn't. Everything that is in my past is a part of what I am now. I love my life and where I am... I wouldn't change anything about myself and I have no regrets of past actions. Besides, even if I did want to change something, changing one little thing might upset the balance I have now and I wouldn't want to risk it.

Answer 10

The part I would change is raising my oldest children as fundies. It really screwed them up. It's a lot easier to do something right the first time than to try to fix it later. I wonder if I'll ever get through to them. Drug and alcohol abuse due to screwed up minds from the church. Messed up relationships and kids involved. I hate what I did to them. I would change that if I could. They deserved better than what I gave them. I was just as screwed up myself back then.

Answer 11

Whats the point?I wouldn't........a simple missing dollar could alter your future self...It would be like going back to steal a quarter and you come back to the future and WHAM!!!! Bush is president for 4 more years!I don't like those chances!