Does anyone live with regrets?

I definitely have regrets. I've made a lot of decisions that have resulted in consequences, hardship, and embarrassment. Most of those decisions I've made while manic (both dysphoric/euphoric), and hypomanic. The guilt and realization of all the mistakes always happens when I'm depressed. I've exposed myself to a lot of unhealthy choices where I have put myself in dangerous situations. Also, I have made financial mistakes that I'm recovering from. I fear that I'll always have poor decision making skills, but I'm trying to remain hopeful that once my meds straightened out again after just being through mania that I'll achieve stability some day.

I have a few regrets.

I regret starting smoking, dropping out of college to focus on my writing, trying to sui while alone with my daughter (yes I know I'm a monster), etc.

I can actually say with all honesty that I have no regrets. There are things that I have wanted to do and didn't, but I don't regret them because the thing I chose over those things was worth it. For example, having my son when I was 19 instead of going to art school. I could still go to art school if I wanted to but I couldn't change my mind if I had put my son up for adoption. I've done and seen some pretty amazing things in my life. I've done some stupid things too, but I don't regret them because they taught me something. I don't even regret my suicide attempts. Both times they taught me lessons that I really needed. I try to live fearlessly, which is hard especially when you have massive anxiety problems but I'd rather do something that terrifies me than regret not doing it for the rest of my life.

At this phase in my cycle I am essentially one big regret. I regret every bad move I've ever made, and I'm really good at remembering all of them.

Likewise, I live with a list of regrets. The difference is my list is so long it's hard to remember them all.

I am tormented by regrets. I think i regret every romantic entanglement i ever got into. So glad i'm 50 now and have let romance go. It's just not part of my life any more and i am the better for it.

I also regret foolish things i said and did while manic. It's beyond regret -- it's shame. I'm ashamed of myself and my only comfort is that now i've isolated myself to such a degree that i don't have any more social interactions to create more shame.

I get bogged down by my regrets because I have hurt other people with my choices. I regret abusing my klonopin and percocet prescriptions a great deal. Other things in the past I've come to terms with.

I regret so much, I wish I had told people how lost I felt 15 years ago or more. I wish I had finished graduate school. I wish I hadn't eaten four donuts this morning at breakfast.

I had a lot of regrets I lived with in the past. Not being able to work has given me to reflect on things I did or said in the past. I am lucky I have had time to go back and make amends with most of the people I have wronged. Now not everyone has accepted the things I may have said and done but I made my best attempt to correct things. I still have some regrets but I try not to dwell on them.

I no longer have regrets.

I used to be consumed by regret, but slowly, over many years, I worked through them and came to the realization that what happened happened for a reason and taught me something.

Now I just try to be careful about whom I associate with, what my plans are, etc.

Living with regret was very painful. It is so much easier now.

I also find that depression, and especially early awakenings in depression, has regret as one of its symptoms.

Yeah, my life is pretty much ruled by regret... I try and try but I can't seem to shake it. I feel like a total failure! Everyone thought I would really do great things when I was in high school and college, but this FU$&!N disease stole all that. I know that's what did it but I'm still resentful and fixated on it. I've tried to deal with it for decades but it won't go away. I wish it would.