Understanding Guilt: The Useless Emotion?

If guilt works on you, recognize that this is your problem and not theirs.

In times of political and environmental crisis, this mindset often takes the form of the belief that nothing is truly worth doing with your time except addressing such emergencies head-on, round the clock – and that you’re entirely correct to think of yourself as guilty and selfish for spending it on anything else. This quest to justify your existe

If guilt haunts you it’s usually because: 1. You know in your gut that a bigger priority needs more of your attention; or 2. You’re letting other people’s expectations of how you should live your life color your choices.

want to understand why I feel guilty all of the time.” (This Understanding-Why-I goal is a good match for guilt.)

Does this feeling of guilt come from a sense of wanting to control the situation? By feeling guilty, do I think I'll somehow change the situation, or at least get the approval of others? Am I willing to stop trying to use this feeling of guilt to get a sense of control? Am I willing to stop trying to use this feeling of guilt to manipulate others i

In clinical observations over the years, guilt emerges as the most frequent reason for which people give up their religion. It is because the goals seem unobtainable. Ask yourself what has made these goals seem unobtainable. It will always be the disparity between what one is taught they should be, as compared to what they perceive they really are.