Regret in Just Call Me Your Lunatic Friend. Welcome To The Madness.

“When I say ‘I’m sorry,’ it means I regret something.” ~ Luis Suarez

Human beings were created to live in groups with other Humans. This gives us an advantage as our numbers help to keep us safe and allow us to work together to achieve big things. For this to work, though, we need to live by certain codes in regards to how we treat others in the group. Thus, we were created with emotions such asempathy and sympathy that help to bring individuals together as a unit.

Not all people have these emotions, though. These people are typically described as people with no consideration for other people and will happily take advantage of others wherever possible. They can also be charming, intelligent, and very dangerous. We call these people sociopaths.

A sociopath will often destroy other people’s lives in heir pursuit of personal gain of some sort.

One of the hallmark traits of the sociopath is their lack of remorse.

If we have done something that hurts or upsets people, we will usually feel quite bad about it. Even if we are not at fault, we can still feel bad feel bad at seeing somebody else going through a hard time. It is a natural response that helps us as a species to live in large societies as we do. A sociopath, however, is unlikely to experience or exhibit these emotions at all.

It’s not that they don’t recognise the person is suffering, because they do. The reality is that they just don’t care. No matter how terrible a time people are going, no emotions regarding their plight are triggered in in a sociopath. The sociopath will occasionally act in the way they think they’re supposed to, but that is likely to be more to maintain appearances than legitimate caring.

I remember reading several journals of younger authors who declared the absence of regrets in their lives because those things that other people would regret served to make them the person they are today.

I was left scratching my head wondering if the person they are today was some sort of sociopath or automoton

The ability to feel and experience regret makes us human. Absorb the hurts of others and comfort and heal their hurts when able.

I am deeply sorry to those I have wronged and hurt on my journey through life.

Be good humans.