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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. When people are plagued with regret, especially in the face of ...

When people are plagued with regret, especially in the face of uncertainty or failure, they usually come to therapy haunted by their past. They often say things like: “What if I had been born into a ...