We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.
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Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
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.
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
Denial, panic, threats, anger - those are very human responses to feeling guilt.
Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.
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 can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other people's best interests.
Rarely do I attach guilt to something pleasant. Life's too short.
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.
Guilt is a supreme waste of time and energy.
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