Dealing with guilt

Previously, I have talked about the cause of guilt and argued that it is not necessarily a bad thing. I did say that having guilt is a sign that your self-conscience is working fine. A friend suggested that I write about how to remove guilt: how to make it go away. The guy is a writing guru and my writing mentor and therefore, I can’t just ignore his request.

I would think that the treatment of guilt is the obvious one of treating cause rather than the symptoms. I would view that the strategy is that of doing the right thing. And right acts are done for they in themselves ought to be done. On that note what are the symptoms? Some include, stress, lack of concentration, withdrawal from others, deafening silence which is a rather strange from an otherwise known noisy person, among others.

If guilt is slowly drowning you follow these simple steps: They might help.

§  Make a decision to stop the guilt.

§  Determine the cause (most of the time one knows it).

§  Come up with strategies to make peace with yourself.

Ø  Seek forgiveness from your victim.

Ø  Correct the mistakes by doing the right things in case where the victim is the same person as the culprit. (such as the guilt of wasting time)

§  Execute the strategies.

§  Avoid making the same mistakes.

§  Follow-up on your progress (Self review)

The above simple procedure will at least help you get back on track but this is not sustainable. Method of resolving vary from one person to another. I would suggest dealing with guilt should be done immediately after you make a mistake. At that point you will be able to move on without wasting too much time. All the best and may peace prevail always.