15 Most Common Regrets People Have in Their 50s

The fact that they accepted to be next to someone ‘toxic’

As I said before, toxic and abusive relationships should be ended as soon as possible, because you are wasting your time with someone who doesn’t appreciate you and your values, principles, temperament and so on.

Well, it seems that more and more people regret this decision later in life, as they have realized that time is very precious and you can’t take it back to fix certain things, so it’s important to live your life to the fullest and be as happy as possible. Not to mention that the mistake of being with someone toxic can have repercussions in the future as you get older. It really affects you without even realizing it.

According to licensed therapist Eric Patterson, LPC, her senior patients said they feel regret for letting abusive relationships last as long as it did, and if they had a chance to go back in time, they would end that relationship at the first indication of trouble.

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