Feelings of guilt can pretty much darken the life of any person and lead to severe depression. How to get rid of the feeling of guilt? There are two reasons for feelings of guilt, and therefore two reasonable ways to get rid of it.
Instructions
Step 1
The first cause leads to feelings of guilt about the past - an unreasonable desire to go back and change it. A classic example from practical psychology is the feeling of guilt for the wrong upbringing of a child. Parents have a desire to eliminate the reasons that prevented, in their opinion, from raising a child well, giving him enough time and attention, and giving him a happy childhood.
Step 2
If you want to get rid of the feeling of guilt for your past deeds, answer the question whether it is possible to fulfill your desire to return to the past and change it. A sane person will come to the conclusion that it is impossible and utopian.
Step 3
The second step is to try to analyze the conditions, causes and events of the past and answer the question, could they be different? If you answer yes to this question, your perception of the world is too simple. The past depends on many factors that do not depend on a particular individual. In the end, you will come to the conclusion that your behavior is due to many factors and could not be otherwise, therefore, you have nothing to feel guilty about, in those circumstances you had no other line of behavior.
Step 4
The second reason leads to the emergence of a sense of guilt for events and actions in the present. Psychologists consider this feeling of guilt to be the flip side of megalomania: striving for perfection, you constantly look for flaws in yourself and your actions and feel guilty for your own imperfection.
Step 5
Stop striving to be the best and give yourself the right to make mistakes sometimes - the feeling of guilt will pass.
