How do I get a guilt trip to go away?
Is it guilt, shame, or just feeling bad about what you did? Guilt is just the feeling of being responsable for something that hurt someone. Shame is thinking you’re a bad person for doing something. And just feeling bad about something you did is kind of like guilt, but with the difference that you feel sad or remoursful that someone got hurt, wether you had something to do with it or not. Guilt and remourse are natural. The remourse will fade with time but should be felt in order for you to grow as a person. Painful feelings of remourse will help you avoid doing it again. They will help you realize the good things and the bad things about a situation. Shame, the feeling that what you did makes you a bad person, is generally not helpful. Shame immobilizes people rather than motivates them. Remember that good people do bad things sometimes. I know this is at odds with certain popular images of “good” people and “bad” people. Good people always do great things and if they do anything bad
