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When regret about the past dominates present experience

I keep thinking about how different my life would be if I had made other choices ten years ago and it's making me depressed about everything.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind creates elaborate alternate realities to avoid accepting what is actually here.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Rumination and psychological loops?”

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