We all feel shame, even those who try to avoid feeling it at all costs. We all feel guilt as well. We also all feel fake guilt. In this article we will analyse all of them and their connection. Guilt it helps us understand when we have acted against our values, against what we believe is correct, when we have acted with a behaviour that is not always adhering with the idea of justice, against what we perceive right. Guilt is the voice of our conscience. We may feel guilty when we act against our belief system, what we have been told is 'right' from our family or our culture. We may feel guilty when we have hurt someone. Then there is fake guilt. Fake guilt is when we feel guilty for not taking care (or trying to resolve) other people feelings, when we try to make other feel good, or try not to disappoint them. Here we abandon ourselves to make others feel good. A typical example of it is people pleasing. We say yes to something we do not want to do to make others feel good (and...
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