GUILTY

A phrase for feeling very guilty about something you did wrong that isn’t a huge deal (ie: I think I actually put dirty utensils in a pile of clean ones and created extra work for someone working at the local Gyro place. Maybe it’s their fault for putting a bin of clean utensils near the exit where a garbage should be, or maybe they’ll associate me

and everything changes. You used to feel guilty about the treats you ate because it felt like you were “cheating” on your diet, or you mindlessly ate it up so fast it barely registered, or you lost control and overconsumed,

Guilt is self-indulgence that comes from remorse, and it has been successfully used by society as a control mechanism.