Comment by reactordev

It’s cathartic to people to hear others cry about what they should have done. Makes them feel better and rationalize their own mistakes.

Not discounting it. There’s comfort in knowing you aren’t alone or the only one to make mistakes, we all do. What’s healthy is realizing it was a mistake, know what you did that caused it, learn from it, and not have it happen again due to a change of behavior. In work, and in life.

Also, life is short, forgiveness is hard, time goes by faster than you think.