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How health scares can trigger regret spirals

I had a cancer scare last month and now I cannot stop thinking about all the time I wasted being unhappy.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The confrontation with mortality often leads to self-punishment about the past rather than presence in the time that remains.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The Stoic meditation on death as time amplifier?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.