Guilt
We have all felt guilty or experienced guilt at some point in our lives… Guilt can make us feel uncomfortable and question our choices. There are many other emotions that we'll also experience with guilt, such worry, regret, anxiousness etc. Let’s look at guilt a little more closely, as if it were under a microscope. What is guilt exactly? Guilt is responsibility for having done something wrong and especially something against the law.
Guilt Tripping:
According to Oxford Languages guilt tripping is defined as, “make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do something. "A pay increase will not guilt-trip them into improvements.” Guilt tripping is also defined as according to Merriam Webster: “to cause feelings of guilt in (someone): to try to manipulate the behavior of (someone) by causing feelings of guilt”. Guilt tripping in simple words is, trying to change the behaviour of someone in order to make them feel guilty. Guilt tripping can occur in any close relationship or relationship, for example, a friend, spouse, family member etc. For example, when you complete washing the dishes and you want your husband to also do the chores, so you list out all the work you have done in the day.
How do we deal with guilt?
One of the ways to work with is guilt is… personal therapy.
If a person is also struggling with guilt due to trauma, then trauma therapy can be beneficial for that person. Counselling is another option; a person can use for dealing with guilt.
Self-compassion can also help to reduce guilt, self- compassion is also a part of therapy.
Talking to someone about the guilt is also a helpful solution.
Take a break, sometimes it is good to take a break from the stress and focus on and acknowledge how you are feeling in that moment.
Write a letter, writing letters to ourselves is also way to practice self- compassion, it helps us to accept ourselves for who we are.
Change self-talk; we can rethink the negative self- talk and change the they way we think.
Label feelings; when you do feel guilty write down what you are feeling and put down a name for the feelings.
Making Amends: Make amends with those you might need to reconcile with. A sincere apology can go a long way.
Forgive Yourself; It is important to forgive yourself, since guilt is usually internal in nature. You can look that the different ways you can respond in a situation and learn to accept that you did make a mistake and that’s okay. But the important
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