Fosters Regret and What-Ifs
Overthinking causes you to dwell on past decisions and possibilities, filling your mind with regret and "what if" scenarios that you can’t change.
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Regret and "What If" Thoughts
Experiencing regret or often thinking about "what if" scenarios where you ignored your initial feelings can indicate a pattern of not trusting your intuition.
Why We Have Regret
We regret the decisions we make because we think we should have done something better but didn’t.
We regret these decisions, which are in the past and can’t be changed because we compare them to an ideal path that we think we should have taken.
Factors that increase the feeling of regret
- Inaction causes regret. (Deciding not to pursue something.) Males, in particular, regret not pursuing a romantic relationship.
- Poor decisions produce greater regret when you can't justify those decisions afterwards.
- Poor decisions ...
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