Essays on Regret

Regret is something many of us, well regret. As we pioneer and dodge through life’s bullets, we tend to imagine how different life would be if we had decided to do something differently, bringing me to the moment in which I lost my orange sweater....

One of the biggest regrets in my life was not talking to my dear grandfather before he passed away. My grandfather was a proud man and one of the people I respect most in my entire life. He had countless amounts of amazing experiences, all...

Anaya, known as Ana to her friends, is leading a regretful and unhappy life. Until one day, when she is unexpectedly confronted with an opportunity to fix her biggest regret in life. The Watchmaker’s Doctor by G. M. T. Schuilling asks – can changing one...

In “One Amazing Thing” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is about a group of people who get trapped in a visa office if the Indian Consulate after an earthquake hits. As they wait for rescue, Uma urges everyone to share one amazing thing about their life...

Famous American writer Carson McCullers once suffered from a disabling spinal disease, and the doctor predicted that her chance of survival was 1/500. Then, Carson often read humorous novels, watched funny movies, and insisted on “smile therapy.” Thus, her condition improved, and she returned to...

In gambling, the use of anticipated regret has been explored in some studies. A study by Tochkov investigated the role of anticipated regret in situations of problem and social gambling. This study examined the relationship between anticipated regret and the risk preferences of problem and...

Regret and counterfactual thinking have a great impact on several domains of a human’s existence, including emotional well-being, decision making, behavior regulation and mental health. This has made the mentioned topics widely studied across different demographics and cultures over the past decades. Regret refers to,...