Help DAE
Does anyone else get this weird feeling sometimes like guilty for no reason at all ? Or am I going insane . Some days I’m okay nd some days I’m not and on the days I’m not it’s bad. I just feel so much guilt for no fucking reason at all ? My brains trying to work out what it is but there isn’t anything ? Is it anxiety, ocd or what? Please help
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Usually that is repressed trauma.
Kids who are abused often bear the brunt of adult frustrations that are taken out on the kids….the abusive adults use any excuse, even non-sensical ones like you asked for a glass of water the wrong way or you hummed because you were happy and they said it was too loud…..or even that they hear you BREATHING.
This causes the kids to grow up thinking they are doing something wrong by just existing.
Constantly feeling guilty is part of the trauma response. Therapy helps.
I do. It’s usually from something I did or said in the past that I didn’t realize I was thinking about. I’ll see/hear/smell something that will make me think about something bad I did. It usually takes me a little bit to realize what’s making me feel that way.
I grew up in an a fanatical christian household, that sounds like could be a result of good ol christian guilt. Did you?
Excess guilt is symptomatic of MDD/clinical depression.
Me 1000%. Trying to connect with a therapist to figure out how to manage this
I feel guilty for having a day off, I feel guilty for ordering a take away because I’m sick of cooking and deciding what we are eating. I feel guilty if I’ve not cleaned up after anyone in the last hour…. Its called conditioning for me. I’m so use to being a wife, mother and employee that it’s regimented into me what I have to do everyday to make everyone elses life run smoothly. If I veer off that path, I feel guilty.