A Nurse Reveals the Top 5 Regrets People Express on Their Deathbeds

June 13th, 2021

By Bronnie Ware

For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who  had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared.  I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality.

I learnt never to underestimate someone’s capacity for growth. Some  changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as  expected, denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually  acceptance. Every single patient found their peace before they  departed though, every one of them.

When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would  do differently, common themes surfaced again and again.

Here are the  most common five:

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the  life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their  life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how  many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people had not honoured even a  half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices  they had made, or not made.

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