Dealing With Guilt

How to ease a guilty conscience.

Guilt can be a debilitating feeling.  It can make the strongest and happiest people feel low.  Some people feel guilt when they really have done nothing.  Use our links below to find some help.

• Guilt is a feeling of being responsible for negative circumstances that have befallen yourself or others.

• Guilt may be a feeling of regret for any real or imagined wrongdoings, both past and present.

• Guilt may also be a feeling of obligation for having not helped, having not pleased, or having not placated another.

• Guilt is a great motivator to amend all real or perceived wrongs.

• Guilt can be a driving force or mask behind which irrational beliefs hide.

• Guilt is a sense of remorse for thoughts, feelings, or attitudes that were or are negative, uncomplimentary, or non-accepting concerning yourself or others.

• Guilt can be a feeling of loss and shame for not having done or said something to someone who is no longer available to you.

• Guilt is a feeling of bewilderment and lack of balance for not responding to a situation in your typical, stereotype manner.

• Guilt can mean accepting of responsibility for someone else's misfortune or problem because it bothers you to see that person suffer.

• Guilt is a strong moral sense of right and wrong that inhibits you from choosing a ``wrong'' course of action; however, you assign your own definitions to the words.