What a bunch of hogwash psychobabble

dasherHampton

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/lifestyle...n-life-most-people-have/ar-AAy1Gky?li=BBnb7Kz

So it's the things we DIDN'T do that fill us with the most regret. How nice. Thanks, Ivy League psychologists.

Well, no shit. The thing is - a lot of us have this tiny little problem that constantly nags at us throughout our lives. It's called having to fucking work to make enough money to buy food, pay for a roof over our heads, stay on a career path, and support our families. And then, for most people, somehow try to scrounge up enough extra money to not live like hobos when we get too old to work anymore.

My advice? Don't get caught up in this soft, mealy world of forced regret. Of course we all have things we would have liked to do. Not being able to do them shouldn't reduce our sense of self worth in the slightest, or cause us any regret whatsoever. That's just how life works.

They can shove the regret over not taking that backpacking trip across Asia up their asses.
 
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I'm actually not pissed about anything. That crap just triggers me for some reason.



I've done that.

Either you're a fucking moron that doesn't know what trigger actually refers to happening (when its used as such) or...actually no that's the only option. Well I guess unless its like your sexual fetish and gets you so hot and bothered that you're ready to hump the nearest leg, but since you seem like you're wound so tight that you'd burst a blood vessel or your rectum, I'm gonna guess its not that as you'd likely have figured out masturbation by this point. I suppose maybe if you were using it legitimately (which almost no one actually does, and certainly not in such a flippant manner), it caused you to have a panic attack and/or serious emotional episode (sadness, maybe depression, or fear).

Since I figure I'll have to spell it out. "Triggered" means that it caused you to froth at the mouth with rage/anger when used as such.
 

dasherHampton

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Logging in under Darkswordsman today, are we?

I'm curious how many accounts you actually have.

PS - you know what's really funny? I know EXACTLY why you rage at me all the time. lol
 
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Humpy

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OP, I think they mean regretting not doing things you had the opportunity to do. Shorty never had the opportunity to fuck an Asian chick so he has no ragrets.

You're not going to regret not taking a camping trip to the moon or having surgery to transition to a pygmy goat.

The idea is not to get trapped in the notion that life is all about working and then you die.
 
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zinfamous

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Well, OK.

Look, you can take the study for why it is interesting and informative: the human brain has a stronger, perhaps negative connection to unknown, unfulfilled experiences moreso than experienced, negative events.

And it's measured, which is what matters. What "you think you know," is always irrelevant, because it doesn't mean anything beyond you.

Yay, science!

But yet again, some dude reads a thing about some study thing and has no idea why it is compelling. Sticks to the sensationalized popscience or trashmag article title, and leaves it at that. No wonder we can't have nice things anymore.

What's also funny, is that you call it "hogwash psychobabble," yet you agree with it? Perhaps the greater purpose of science, in general (call it what you will with psychology...fair), is to take those commonly accepted truths, and ask whether or not they are actually true. Does the data support it, or are we all just misinformed, perhaps trapped in our own little bubbles and oblivious to the greater realities of human experience beyond our tiny little niches?

What if we never tested those questions? Well, the majority of the world would still believe the "obvious truth!" that the world is 10k years old, we were created from dirt and everything existed now as it did forever, because some divine being wills it so. Do you think we would have escape earth's gravity if we still settled on that?
 
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ImpulsE69

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You can't read these things from a personal perspective. It's like going on WebMD for a cough and finding out you may have lupus and anal polyps.
 

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I tend to agree, it’s not the things you do in life that you regret, it’s the things you don’t do.
 
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lxskllr

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Things I regret...

Didn't learning shipbuilding/sailing when I was young, and therefore never built/sailed a longboat.

Didn't run Great Falls in my canoe.

Didn't find another solution aside from the spca for the blind cat I found with oozing eyes, but a sweet personality.

There's probably some other stuff, but those are the big ones.
 

Mai72

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Hmm..

I think some of what they said is true. I do think people have regret about the things they didn't do when they were younger. Most people play life waaaay to safe. In the end, much of the things you feared never came about, and in the end we are all going to die anyway. It's best to enjoy life and if traveling is your thing you do it as soon as you can because you could die tomorrow. That's the reality. Much of what you're talking about has to do with social conditioning. There have been plenty of people who are doing exaclty what they wanted, but had to think differently. Maybe their job allowes them to travel abroad, so they can live in SE Asia for 8 months. I know I've met quitre a few expats who work from their laptops. They get to enjoy a high US income while living for cheap in Thailand or Vietnam. But, you need to have an open mind about doing something like that. It's not for everyone.