Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.
Guilt is a weird thing to me. I don't have a lot of it.
Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
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.
Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short.
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.
I don't do guilt. Whatever I do, I do it happily.
I'm just going to say it: I'm pro-guilt. Guilt is good. Guilt helps us stay on track because it's about our behavior. It occurs when we compare something we've done - or failed to do - with our personal values.
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.
I really believe guilt finds its way out of a person.