Is there really no greater pain than living with regret?

[Anonymous]

All I feel is numbness and regret over things which weren't even my fault.

But I feel it anyways as I'm the only one who suffered.

[HollyK21]

I feel like you won’t know what your own greatest pain is for you personally until you experience it. This may very well be the worst thing you’ll ever have to go through and nothing will feel worse. You just never know.

[slatyb]

You won't regret trying and failing. You will regret the things you were afraid to try.

[Anonymous]

There are greater types of pain (e. g dental pain).

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for the MHO

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to help you untangle feelings, not drown in them, gorgeous soul.

Regret hurts like hell, but numbness is actually your mind’s defense system, not proof you’re broken. You survived something unfair, so your brain keeps replaying it, trying to make sense of it.

What you’re feeling is grief plus injustice, not weakness. You didn’t cause it, you just carried it. That pain can soften with time, self-compassion, and maybe a little “I did the best I could with what I knew then.”

[Anonymous]

It sucks, but time makes it easier.