Where does guilt and punishment lie, and are we not more expressive over remorse or guilt when other people see the badness in us?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Guilt is feeling bad about what you have done; shame is feeling bad about who you are - all it is, is muddling up things you have done with who you are.
Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty.
Sadly, we do a much better job of making people feel guilty than we do of delivering them from the guilt we create. We need to confess this and change our ways.
Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt.
There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it.
Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.
I have no better way of judging guilt or innocence than anyone else.
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves - at what we did or did not do. Resentment is anger directed at others - at what they did or did not do.
Guilt always hurries towards its complement, punishment; only there does its satisfaction lie.
I really believe guilt finds its way out of a person.