Doctor Reveals the 5 Most Common Regrets Terminal Patients Have Before Dying and Advises Everyone to Pay Attention to Avoid Feeling the Same.
What really happens after a person dies is unknown to anyone, but Dr. Shoshana Ungerleider knows what many feel before they depart.
Throughout her career, the doctor has accompanied many terminal patients and, over the years, documented what they revealed and what they regretted most as they approached the end of their lives.
Ungerleider shared the 5 most common regrets she heard from people living their last days and advises everyone to pay attention so they don’t end their lives full of regrets.
To the website CNBC Make It, the doctor explained that for her, this list of regrets is a reminder to always strive to live the present moment as fully as possible: “throughout our lives, this present moment is all we have,” she said.
“Being close to the end of your life truly allows, motivates you to be in the present because it’s all you have,” Ungerleider said about terminal patients who, before dying, talk about how they lived, what they wish they had done, and also about what they regret.
The doctor listed the biggest regrets as:
1 – Not spending enough time with the people we love
2 – Not facing fear and taking more risks
3 – Working too much
4 – Not being brave in the face of the unknown
5 – Not living in the present
For Ungerleider, the list can not only encourage people to reflect on the life they lead but also to think about their own mortality. For her, these 5 items show that we should live the present moment as fully as possible to avoid regrets at the end.
“Reflecting on our own mortality throughout life, no matter if you are 20, 50, or 80 years old, allows us to live better every day, with more meaning and purpose in our lives,” she emphasized.
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