Often times we find ourselves in captivity of certain emotions, be it love, despair, anguish or simply hatred. We may find it hard to let go of those emotions, which eventually get bottled up and lead to unsavory circumstances. This blog post is meant to reflect some of my experiences and how I dealt with those emotions.
Nostalgia: The act of reminiscing one's past while trying to relive those memories in consciousness is known as nostalgia.
We all get nostalgic once in a while. It is a bittersweet emotion. Let me share one of my silly nostalgic experience with you.
So I love Minecraft. Yes the game. We had online classes during covid and I was at least playing 12 hours a day. I used to play it with my friends on a world we've created together. I was way too much invested into it. Then something bad happened. My laptop's battery fried up. It was so devastating for me back then that I was literally broken. I was working on a mega-project in-game back then when it happened. I was in a constant despair. Then 11th started and the despair turned into nostalgia which is not so-negative emotion. I recovered. I lived.
I know it sounds silly to despair over a video game. That is true, but I am just stating an example. Ultimately I grew out of it. If you ask me how, I would say, that the answer is time. Time is faithful healer, at least to some people.
Maybe the answer of being captive to yearning isn't that complicated. You may have faced lost of a loved one or someone hurt/ insulted you so deeply. Hanging over to despair and other negative emotions isn't destined to do you any good. Sometimes you just have to let things go.
How? you may think. You just have to release your attachments to your past and live in the present moment. Trust that by letting go, you are opening doors to new possibilities and experiences.
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Regret: The unpleasant sensation in your heart that you may have done things differently to get a more soothing outcome.
Regret is a highly negative emotion. Once it arrives, It preys on you for a long time, eating you from inside. Do not mistaken regret by guilt. Regret is being disappointed in yourself for your past choices while guilt is about feeling responsible about past actions which caused harm or negative consequences for others.
For an example, I regret not giving my fullest for my NEET examination and I will regret it for a long time. At the same time I feel Guilty for breaking the promise I made to my dad.
How to deal with regret? I don't honestly know an answer that will instantly cure regret. But as I said above, Time is a wonderful healer. You just have to grow out of it and make better choices in future to overcome this feeling of regret.
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