Existential Regret: A Crossroads of Existential Anxiety and Existential Guilt
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https://doi.org/10.65828/w5mgn916Abstract
This article examines the experience of existential regret, defined as a profound desire to go back and change a past experience in which one has failed to choose consciously or made a choice that did not follow one's beliefs, values or growth needs.
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