The “signs you’re being hurt” are signs that are so obvious that we can’t avoid them. We’ve learned to identify our feelings and emotions and to act on them. We act out our emotions rather than let them pass us by. We use our emotions to avoid feeling pain and to avoid the consequences of our actions. These feelings we call guilt.
One of the biggest problems with living in our digital world is that we have to deal with our emotions all the time. If we don’t deal with our emotions, we become paralyzed because we can’t act or think in the ways we want. This is why I don’t like the term “moods.” It’s not about how we feel or what we are feeling. It’s about how we act.
Well, one problem here is that I am probably being a little too strict with myself. I think I may have over-emphasized the word “action.” I think I’m being more of a “he said, she said” kind of guy. But if people read this, they will quickly see how much I really mean it when I say to myself, “I have to do something.” I do this every day in my job.
It’s true that we don’t usually take action unless we feel we have the right to. But what we do when we feel like we can act without fear is different than what we do when we feel we can act without fear. The difference is in the way we do it. I think you will find that the people with the strongest feelings in the world are the ones who are the most successful at making choices.
That’s the thing about guilt. We take action against our guilt only after considering the consequences of the action. Guilt is an emotion. It has no self-awareness and acts without regard for consequences. We cannot stop acting against our guilt. We can only minimize it.
We can see how guilt can undermine our ability to act, but we can do better, at least that’s the idea, if we can minimize our guilt. Guilt is a feeling. It is an emotion that tells us we have done wrong. Guilt is not a rational response like when we say, “Ok, I’m going to go take a nap here.
Guilt is not the same as regret. Guilt is a feeling, not a feeling. It is a thought and we can think about things when we’re feeling guilty, but we can’t actually “undo” the action. Guilt is like a piece of paper that tells you you did something wrong. It makes you feel bad, but it is not a consequence of the action.
Guilt is an emotion and we can never really erase the feeling. We can try to think of something and try to make it right, but there is still a feeling involved. Guilt is like a bad dream that is never going to go away.
It’s that feeling that holds you together, and makes you want to make amends. Guilt, when you feel it, is what keeps us from doing things we would like to do, it makes us work for it, it keeps us honest. Guilt is like a light in the dark, it’s our beacon. If it’s not shining brightly enough, we can use it to see where we really are. We can also use it to find our way out of the darkness.
Guilt is a powerful emotion, and it is so easy to use this emotion to self-medicate. As I already mentioned, it is incredibly easy for us to blame someone else for something bad that happened to us. And not just someone, but a lot of people. It is easy to believe that if someone you care about hurts you, you can just let them off the hook.