Davida
Wednesday 5th April 2017 7:42pm
Oregon USA
502 posts
I regret learning French at university. I wish they had offered Welsh. Learning Welsh on my own has been absurly difficult (Don't even ask why I'm learning Welsh. I know I'm weird.)
I also regret never learning maths well enough to take science classes. I should have been a scientist, but opted for a philosophy degree instead. Turns out getting a philosophy degree is not the most lucrative career move (thought about becoming a professor, but decided I'd be miserable at it). My brother took the science route and now makes bank as a roboticist for NASA. I makr barely above minimum wage! Grumble grumble.
I would say I regret being born in America but that would be ridiculously spoiled of me.
Same goes for regretting being born in the wrong decade. I shouldn't moan about being too young.
I don't have any real regrets though. I'm happy with my life. The good, the bad and the awful.
Your missed opportunities are tragic though, zooo! Baddiel and Skinner streaker and Elliot Smith?
I can relate to not wanting to go places or bother with other human beings though. Being a loner and a recluse is more my style.
I think of agoraphobia as like having a shrunken comfort zone. Most people's comfort zone is at least as big as the citu they live in, and probably much bigger than that. But with agoraphobia your comfort zone shinks smaller and smaller to the point where being anywhere but your own home is massively stressful and anxiety provoking. The fear of having panic attacks in public can definitely be a factor though, I think.