What are the things you most regret when you were a teen?

Anything you would have liked to do/ changed/ done better…?

Not ended up in the psyche ward! Wish i had seen someone before it all got out of hand. I carry a permanent stain because of it.

As far as my own conscious thoughts, decisions and actions are concerned, I wish I would have at least tried to be closer to my grandfather in order to seek and to benefit from his well-seasoned experience, wisdom and advice in life. I remember one of my brothers and I at least once suggesting to him that he (leave us alone and) go take a nap, and today I regret that kind of foolish rejection of him.

I regret my entire teen social life. I wish I asked for help earlier.

I would have been less sexually active. I feel it came with emotions I wasn't ready for caused by manic episodes.

When I was a young teen, I regret that I didn't express my style more. Also I regret that I was nice with bullies, I should have tried to get the upper hand in different ways, including beating them. I also had a chance to move out at 16, too bad I did not but I felt too attached to my home so it took me like 2 years more to move out.

When a horrible thing happened to me and I couldn't go to my mother about it (she would have blamed me) I really wish I had told a teacher or reached out to someone for help. I have lived with this - and beaten myself up for it - my entire life. I am quite positive that I would have made some different choices in my life had I received the help I needed. Instead, as I loathed myself, I made some pretty crummy decisions and treated myself royally crappy.

I wish I could have reined in my temper. And not chase boys.

Had the courage to ask for help sooner, and just a general understanding of things that I didn't have then.

I had a really fun and productive life when I was a teen. The only thing I wish I would have paid more attention to was math. I should have gotten tutoring to pass algebra.

Never smoke cigarettes, never discovered self-mutilation, never obsessed over that boy in school...

My life as a teen is not very different from my life now. I think I am even more teen like now than I was back then. It took me to age 16 to even want to try a glass of wine. I loved reading books, writing, listening to music and playing the guitar. I liked painting. I had other interests and many still sort of interest me. I also liked just walking in nature or biking on small roads. I didn't mind helping with cooking if adults stayed out of the kitchen.

The only thing was I was at constant war with my mom, she was hot tempered and so was I, at least when it came to her. But I don't regret it, it's like we yelled it out of our systems. Today we're not enemies at all.

I know my parents were immature when I was a teen, they focused more on acting and appearance than on their kids' wellbeing. But it is nothing I could have changed. And I actually think they couldn't either, they just needed time to mature. So it wasn't like they ever had my back.

One thing I do regret though is that I ate way way too many sweets and brushed too little. Back in the day they used "silver" fillings and I got plenty. With time they expand and split your teeth. Since there was no other material to fix teeth, it would have been good if I had been less of a sugar junkie.

Same Algebra…

Thanks for all your post guys! I feel like i already have quite a few regrets even though Im 15. Most of them relationship wise though…

I regret doing drugs

I regret being so weak mentally and physically. I didn't speak up for myself I kept everything bottled inside which led to my disorder i had a good reason but doesn't matter cause it led to my despair

I regret not taking more risks

the things I most regret are:

1. having absolutely no idea what I wanted to study, or where I wanted my life to go. left me a bit of an outsider not knowing.

2. losing out on so much education because of hospital visits. by the time I'd get out, the old place wouldn't take me and I had to find somewhere new

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4. not trying to make friends or even socialise.

it was a very lonely time indeed
5. not trying to make living conditions better for me.

Letting myself pick the short straw and be the loser to f DM, then being his gf

I regret:
Cigarettes (none now in many years but...)
Not following my own plan after high school, allowing my father to trip me up...
Not learning algebra (turns out I have an affinity for stats/research/science and this lack has been a source of frustration----)
Not being more aware of, and kinder to my younger brother
Not listening to the people who were encouraging...

What does nos mean in diagnoses? Its on my sick line and don't know what it means

I wished I was more social as a teen and more assertive about my needs when no one listened. If I had help then, I probably wouldn't have the problems that I have now.

I regret many things that occurred or didn't occur when I was a teen. I wished that a stood up to my parents and did the things that I liked and not what they wanted. I should have been more social and I should have played sports. Even though it would have been hard I wish I had tried harder to really be myself. I wish I would have been able to go out with who I wanted and not been afraid to be labeled. I should have told people that I cared about that died during that time of my life how I felt about them. I should have gotten into therapy sooner. Lastly I wished that I had paid more attention in math class. I sucked at Algebra but did well with Geometry and Statistics but not as well as I could have.

I wish I had gotten on seasonale birth control when I was 13 instead of when I was 17. I think I would have avoided a lot of unnecessary medications and hospitalizations. I also would have avoided all the weight I gained. I also think I might have been able to stay longer at specific treatment centers. I have bad PMDD. It is the only thing I really regret from when I was a teenager.