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Regret
Negative conscious and emotional reaction to personal past acts and behaviours / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Regret (disambiguation).
Regret is the emotion of wishing one had made a different decision in the past, because the consequences of the decision one did make were unfavorable.
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Regret is related to perceived opportunity. Its intensity varies over time after the decision, in regard to action versus inaction, and in regard to self-control at a particular age. The self-recrimination which comes with regret is thought to spur corrective action and adaptation.
In Western societies adults have the highest regrets regarding choices of their education.[1]