Understanding Guilt: The Useless Emotion?

Eileen said that she 'just had to be doing something', and that when she tried to sit down and relax, she felt guilty and had lots of thoughts about all of the things that needed doing and said to herself "it's easier just to get on with it".

The standards we hold are often ideas we live by, but we have never put into words. Are you becoming clearer about some of your own? Identifying and putting into the words the most problematic ones can help you start to think about how useful they are.