Guilt is a normal emotion like any other and it should be acknowledged because it stems from deep sadness, grief and regret. In a way, not experiencing guilt should be concerning because it means that the person lacks empathy and kindness.
Anyway, in today’s post I wanted to share with you 3 ways to manage your guilt if that’s something you are struggling with at the moment. As always, if you are interested – keep on reading!
La culpabilité est une émotion normale comme toute autre et elle doit être reconnue car elle découle d’une profonde tristesse, d’un chagrin et d’un regret. D’une certaine manière, ne pas ressentir de culpabilité devrait être inquiétant car cela signifie que la personne manque d’empathie et de gentillesse.
Quoi qu’il en soit, dans l’article d’aujourd’hui, je voulais partager avec vous 3 façons de gérer votre culpabilité si c’est quelque chose avec lequel vous luttez en ce moment. Comme toujours, si cela vous intéresse, continuez à lire !
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ADMITTING & ACKNOWLEDGING IT
The first step to managing your guilt is admitting & acknowledging your guilt. If you don’t admit your wrongdoing and acknowledge the feeling you are currently experiencing, you will not be able to move forward.
Obviously, this is easier said than done because acknowledging this feeling has its own set of repercussions. It might ruin relationships, friendships or even people’s lives depending on the context and circumstance. However, not admitting it will destroy and deteriorate not only your life but multiple people’s if your guilt involves another party.
Related: How To Face Your Fears.
WORKING ON THE SITUATION
People often think that the next step should be to work on forgiveness which I do have my own strong opinion about it but I do think that working on bettering the situation for the other party if your guilt involves another person/other people should be the priority in this case.
What’s done is done and you cannot erase your past action or words but what you can do right now is make sure that your words/actions don’t have any other repercussions. If you removing yourself from that person’s life is what will make the situation better then it’s something you should accept it. If the other party wants space from you then you should respect their boundary. If apologising is what is needed then don’t let your ego overpower you.
Related: Trying To Stay Calm During Stressful Situations.
APPLYING THE LESSON
Last but not least, the only thing that will make your guilt manageable or at least bearable to a certain extent is you learning the lesson from this experience and applying it from now on. Don’t beat yourself down by thinking that people learn this valuable lesson by not going through this experience from the first place or other people don’t make this wrongdoing or any wrongdoing at all.
Every person’s life and their circumstance are different and this applies to the lessons they learn as well. The only thing that’s important is you understanding where you went wrong and not redoing the same thing again.
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Thank you so much for reading! – xo N
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