Existential Regret: A Crossroads of Existential Anxiety and Existential Guilt  

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Lucas, Marijo

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Journal of Humanistic Psychology vol. 44 no. 1 (2008), page 58-70.
Topik: existential; regret; guilt; kindfulness; presence
Fulltext: 58.pdf (181.31KB)

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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 has made a choice that did not follow one’s beliefs, values, or growth needs. The person experiences a combination of existential anxiety and existential guilt. Existential anxiety stems from confrontation with existential givens, including the finitude of past choices, inability to change the past, and the finitude of freedom in the past.With existential regret, the object of regret is an experience in which one failed to make a conscious, wholehearted choice and instead has made a choice in a moment of bad faith or lack of authentic presence and subjectivity. One’s sense is of having abandoned and betrayed the self, thereby feeling deep existential guilt.Aparalysis of action and choice may follow. Distinctions, examples, implications, and recommendations are also discussed.

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