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You can tell you that you do not have regrets, but everything is too human to wonder if you havereally experienced your best life. Could things be better off with a set of different decisions? And if you had taken this job? Orconfessed your love? And if you had packed your life and you moved abroad? And if, and if, if,what if?

Now, a study published by theAmerican Association of Psychology examinedThis very question, Experience the most common regrets of people to identify those we are most likely to look unfavorable.Upon arrival, the majority of people in their forties regretted one thing: cases not to be faithful to themselves.

The study focused on the theory of "self-divergence", which suggests that we all have three versions of ourselves: real, ideal and should. Our myself are the ones we are and who the people around us perceive us to be. Our ideal and it takes myself are theIdealized version we would beAs to be and the version we believe that weshould to be, respectively. Most regrets, according to this theory, take place when there is a divergence between our self and one of the other two versions.

When confronted withquestions around regretThe study revealed that it was much more common that people regretted cases where their yourself lived at the height of their ideal self, as opposed to not living at the height of itself. Seventy-two participants out of 101 (who had a median age of 36) expressed this type of regret.

Bronie Ware, a palliative care nurse and the author of a book calledThe top five regrets of death,came to the same conclusion. After interviewing hospitalized patients in their last weeks of life, Ware has noticed a common theme in their personal reflections. The most common regret in his patients wanted to have "had the courage" to live a life morefaithful to themselves, not the lives of others expected from them.

"It was the most common regret of all,"Ware said in an interview. "When people realize that their lives are almost over and clearly comes back on it, it's easy to see how many dreams have gone unsatisfied ...Health brings freedom Very few achievements, until they have no more. "

So, consider this: the next time you face a difficult decision, there is a way you are more likely to avoid regret. Do not worry about what you thinkOthers are waiting for you. Just stay true to yourself. And to make the most of life from life, check these50 facts about happiness that will change the way you think.