Regret Keeps Us Stuck: How to Move Past Regret

• Regret Keeps Us Stuck: How to Move Past Regret
• Adult Self-Harm Relapse Happens - Instagram Live
• From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs
• Addressing Unwanted Advice About Your Mental Illness
• Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans
• Quote About Bipolar Disorder

Regret Keeps Us Stuck: How to Move Past Regret

How do you overcome regret? Mental health challenges, no matter their specific nature, can keep us stuck in the past, ruminating over things that have gone wrong. Whether its relationships that have changed, jobs that have been lost (whether voluntarily or involuntarily), things that have been done or left undone, said or unsaid, thinking about the past can lead to regret.

The more you think about your regrets, the bigger they grow. They overshadow your positive memories and they overtake your present.

Try these tips for leaving the past behind and overcoming regret:

• Use mindfulness to pull your thoughts out of the past so you can live fully in the present. Pay attention to what you are doing and the choices you can make now. You can’t undo the past, but you can live fully and intentionally in the present to create the quality life and relationships you desire right now and into the future.
• Forgive yourself and others. Forgiveness is freeing. It doesn’t mean that you suddenly forget about something awful or are happy about what someone did to you. Forgiving means deciding to let go of the hurt, move past what is over, and focus on what is happening now.
• Go on a photo scavenger hunt and take pictures of what’s good in your life now despite what happened in the past. This shifts your thoughts and helps you realize that the bad stuff in the past hasn’t ruined your life.

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Your Thoughts

Today's Question: When you catch yourself stuck in regret, what helps you shift your thoughts and feelings to something more positive? We invite you to participate by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and knowledge on the HealthyPlace Facebook page.

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Adult Self-Harm Relapse Happens -- Instagram Live

Hev self-harmed as a child and teen, but she recovered. Then, as an adult, she relapsed for six months. We'll talk with her about her experience with self-harm both as a kid and an adult. We'll also talk with therapist Amy Quinn about what to do when a self-harm relapse occurs as an adult.

I hope you join us for the HealthyPlace Instagram Live. Thursday, March 18, at 4p ET / 3p CT. We welcome your comments and experiences and our guests always address your questions. You can check out our mental health interviews playlist or watch last week's Facebook Live: You Can Live with Schizoaffective Disorder and Have a Good Life

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From the HealthyPlace Mental Health Blogs

On all our blogs, your comments and observations are welcomed.

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• How to Deal with the Isolation and Anxiety of Dangerous Cold
• Reduce Anxiety in Relationships by Choosing Your Attention
• Ideas for Self-Injury Awareness Month 2021
• SAD, Schizoaffective Disorder, and the COVID Pandemic
• Does What I Want Matter with Bipolar and 'Act the Opposite?'
• 3 Things to Do When Situational Depression Gets You Down
• 5 Coping Strategies for Intrusive Thoughts
• The Pandemic's Impact on Mental Health Stigma
• How I Reduce the Anxiety from Disagreeing with My Family
• Talking About Female Self-Harm for International Women's Day
• 5 Ways I Knew I Was Recovering from Depression
• Eating Disorder Recovery Is Courageous
• Practicing Self-Care When You Work with Bipolar
• Returning to My Favorites to Manage Anxiety
• Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Depression and Underemployment
• A Colorful Exercise to Change Your Anxious Thoughts
• You Should Start Doing Yoga for Your Mental Health
• How Postpartum Depression Made Me a Better Parent
• Victim Shaming with Verbal Abuse Victims
• Adverse Effects of Hospitalization on the LGBTQIA+ Community

Feel free to share your thoughts and comments at the bottom of any blog post. And visit the mental health blogs homepage for the latest posts.

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From HealthyPlace YouTube Channel

Addressing Unwanted Advice About Your Mental Illness

How much unwanted advice do you receive from people who know you live with mental illness? Do you know how to handle it? Find out in this video. Take a look.

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Most Popular HealthyPlace Articles Shared by Facebook Fans

Here are the top 3 mental health articles HealthyPlace Facebook fans are recommending you read:

1. Ignoring Mental Illness in Families
2. How Social Comparison Steals My Joy
3. Are They Mood Swings or Borderline Personality Disorder?

If you haven't already, I hope you'll like us on Facebook too. There are a lot of wonderful, supportive people there.

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Quote About Bipolar Disorder

"Having bipolar disorder does not mean you are broken, it means you are strong and brave for battling your mind every single day."

Read more bipolar disorder quotes.

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