A lament expresses anguish or pain.
A lament is a complaint that can include various signs of distress , such as screaming, sighing, or crying. Lament - from the Latin lamentum - is an expression of pain , anguish or disagreement .
For example: "There is nothing sadder than the lament of a mother who has lost her son" , "Your lament does not move me: give me the money back if you don't want problems" , "The striker's lament after wasting the scoring opportunity" "It was heard throughout the stadium."
Characteristics of lamentations
Lament, therefore, reflects a sorrow or a similar feeling. Its manifestations vary according to the intensity of the emotion in question. If a person who is about to open a door drops his keys on the floor and has to bend down to pick them up, he may regret it with a sigh or with a brief expression like "Uh!" . In this case, regret is an almost instinctive reaction to discomfort.
A subject who has just suffered a tragedy (such as the death of a loved one in an accident), on the other hand, will grieve in a more evident and widespread way due to the seriousness of the event and what it generates within them. The individual is likely to scream, cry, and have other startled reactions.
Another way to understand the concept of regret is as a verbal statement or expression that includes complaints . If a man tells another man that he is very tired because he has a lot of work and no free time, his interlocutor can respond: "Stop complaining and be grateful that you have a job."
Lament can include crying.
a culture
In many countries, popular culture usually revolves around lament, as if it were a reflex act, the first reaction that comes to mind when faced with a situation that is difficult to overcome. But this way of approaching life extends to the simplest problems and sometimes becomes a habit that arises even when the news is positive, simply because people forget to smile, to look forward.
Lament culture is much more than simply complaining about problems ; It is doing nothing to solve them, waiting for other people to come and take care of them, or convincing yourself and trying to convince others that there is no possible way out. This, which in so many parts of the world is the air that is breathed daily in the streets of the most working-class neighborhoods, entails a very high expenditure of energy, which ends up blocking the desire to get out of the hole and accustoms us to living among obstacles. , to "settle in."
From lament to action
Lament as a synonym for complaint lies on a fine line between noticing problems and allowing ourselves to be inhibited by them, which is why it is very important to learn to avoid it whenever possible, channeling energy in a productive way, to exercise our ability to overcome problems. obstacles instead of letting ourselves be overwhelmed by them.
How do you change regret into constructive action? In the same way that when we decide to take care of our diet to lose weight we learn to eat just enough and avoid certain products, when faced with bad news we can choose to immediately start thinking about what to do to overcome it , using the energies that, at another time, we would have used to complain.
Far from being a personality trait of certain people, regret taken to the extreme can become the reason that prevents us from achieving our goals , or makes us forget them completely. If we can't find a way to get ahead on our own, then we can always look around us and be inspired by those people who seem to have a natural ability to react productively to problems.