As I’m approaching my 21st birthday, it’s almost comical how one of the hugest obstacles I’m facing is this overwhelming sense of regret for each and every way I let my life slip by over the years – you know, a fairly typical victim of my generation, my adolescence spent escaping to video games and porn, learning very late to socialize, never having had the courage to approach a girl etc.
My problem is often literally not being able to sleep at night just obsessing over how wasteful I was with my whole life up to this point. Or during daytime a memory that I regret pops up and keeps torturing me until I’m too exhausted to take action. The thoughts are just fucking compulsive, but at least I can see clearly that a big part of it is just not being able to accept what has been.
So my question is how do you make regret lose its grip on you? I would welcome any wisdom/life experience.
(Sorry for any mistakes in my English.)
