Category: Guilt
What Is Pseudo-Guilt? |
Kylee is a 5-year-old that is just about to get her first taste of guilt. Her mother brought home a box of Oreos and forgot […]
Inducing Anticipated Regret and Ignoring Anticipated Guilt
Aunt Millie was inevitably devoted to making good, and one of the few things I regret bitterly (as opposed to merely regretting) was that I […]
What’s the Perfect Gift? |
We’ve all been there. That awkward moment after unwrapping an underwhelming if not outright hideous gift. Be it a frying pan from your romantic partner […]
When Guilt Is Good |
Having a heart curbs corruption. Source: Debbie Peterson @heyjasperai News reports of government corruption across all levels of government worldwide are driving researchers to investigate […]
Surviving Survivor’s Guilt |
Source: Maria Teneva/Unsplash While working with survivors of the Holocaust, psychoanalyst William G. Niederland, himself a refugee from Nazi Germany, began noticing a collective group […]
2 Reasons You May Feel You Don’t Deserve to Be Happy
Source: johnhain/Pixabay Though our forefathers built into our Declaration of Independence our right to pursue happiness, that happiness we seek is elusive for all too […]