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I keep coming across articles on depression that include the experience of guilt or excessive guilt. I'm not getting the connection. Can anyone offer some explanation?
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
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I'm trying to exercise daily. I was doing fairly well until I sprained my ankle 2 weeks ago but now I'm getting back on the horse. Today I walked over a mile with my arm weights that are about 22lbs total. I was out of shape and it was hard on my arms. I also did my 30 situps. I'm also going to drink a lot of water and try to eat healthy. I do tend to have a sweet tooth but I'm cutting...
Guilty of being a lousy mom at times.
Guilty of being a lousy wife most times.
Guilty of not caring about anyone but myself when depression is at its worst.
May have something to do with a bit of self absorption and feeling responsible for everyone's feelings and things like that
my beloved was not well... I knew he wasn't well.... his mother was on his case about it... I did not want to go against him... so I kept my mouth shut... until I could no more.. he saw doc within a week (a Friday)... he was scheduled to see a specialist 7 days later... he died that monday... his funeral was the day of his appt with the specialist... I didn't save him... I let him die.. if I had sided with his mom months earlier he would be alive... he hated docs...I knew that... he blamed them for his grandfather's funeral... he lost his grandfather... he didn't return to his grandfather's gravesite till we buried him at his grandfather's feet... the only reason he saw his doc was because I asked... if I asked earlier he'd still be with me here on earth...if I had been a better person... he wouldn't be dead.
OK, that might be from being the spoiled little brat third child in the family.
But if you can't shake guilt when you know you've dealt with a situation, been forgiven, or even not really guilty for something....and you still feel you should be guilty. Or you just can't shake a guilty feeling you have, even though there's no reason to have one.
Or, like me when my son died, I felt very guilty, and even found some valid reasons to feel that way...and some valid reasons to blame my X and his mother....however, for some reason, it was much easier to forgive them, than to forgive myself.