The guilty feeling...
We all have been there, we all experience this every single day. The guilty feeling is terrible, is not it? It's a killer. If we procrastinate, we feel guilty, if we do something wrong; maybe unintentionally we feel guilty. Guilty feeling hurts us. When we feel morally wrong or which doesn't meet our ethical standard, we feel guilty.
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But, I believe the guilty feeling is a good thing, you know. As long as we feel guilty, we feel human. Is there any way to live life without feeling guilty? Maybe, No! I'm okay with short term guilty feelings. But when it comes long term, okay, let me think if there any! ha ha ha...maybe not. I have very few guilty feelings and regrets in my life. But yeah, I struggle with the short term guilty feeling.
I usually feel guilty when a behavior or a particular thing bother me. Like when I procrastinate my works. You know, I'm a mom, I have so many things to take care of. And working on is major to run my life smoothly. I also sneak peek my social media feed and feels really guilty as it kills my working hour. There are so many, which one I sould pick? Like if I get mad with someone, or if I miss showing my smiling face; it makes me feel guilty.
So, what I do when I have to go through a continuous guilty feeling?
I try to see the bigger picture. It helps to recognize what I'm doing wrong, why I'm feeling wrong and what I need to do to feel better. Yeah, I try to make something up as an excuse. But the excuse is not a good thing. Rather pointing out everything locally helps a lot.
I apologize to myself and go on with my regular life. Yeah, saying sorry to thyself is not easy. Fake promises come in as a chain reaction. But it helps to reduce the guilty feeling.
I try to do some other things good to reduce that specific guilty feeling. Like saying something good to people or helping others in their office work or anything.
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I don't know what's your strategy is to reduce the guilty feeling or how much it bothers you. But I think long term guilty feeling is really harmful. So we should really think about it. And I think there's nothing to shame about to get help from others if we struggle to make us feel okay.
What do you think? What's your strategy to get rid of guilty feelings? I would love to know...
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You might be interested in @abigail-dantes post this week. It's on guilt.
Nice discussion of it. Thanks.
Thanks for informing. I will look at it.
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Nothing better than acting in the direction you think right. Done is done. Did you learn anything? What do you do next?
Not saying I have mastered that principle...yet.
Yeah, I understand that I can't make anything better what is already in action. And making me feel better in other ways and giving myself excuses is not a healthy process.
Im struggling to find a way as I have said. And I know they're lot more things to improve in myself to deal with it better.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts! I really appreciate that.
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As a recovering catholic and gen Xer, guilt is built within me after a lifetime.
I use it as a motivator and know it is a passive notion that is put in place to battle complacency and laziness.
I will not put up with an organization that has a blame culture because of a lazy leader. Not worth the grief.
I just step back and focus on the solution and have to understand “it is what it is”. I try not to turn off the guilt totally, just not let it be predominant.
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Guilty feeling can surely motivate us, as I have said. I also believe that we can't turn it off and accepting is a very good practice.
But you know the uncomfortable feeling can lead us to anxiety. I understand that we can't make everything good. But yeah, I feel guilty and try to make me feel better other ways. I know it should not be the way. And I will surely try to focus on this how can I improve myself. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It really helps me to understand better! 🙂
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