Thread: Guilty feelings
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Old Mar 03, 2016, 10:41 PM
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Sometimes I feel guilty about not being healthy because nothing terrible has ever happened to me. I have a good family and a really close friend, I'm safe and can live comfortably, and I haven't experienced trauma. Yet I cut myself and have been in the hospital and am currently in an outpatient hospital program. I feel like I shouldn't be needing so much help when so many people have it so much worse. I know that depression is something that can affect anyone, and that just because your life isn't terrible doesn't mean you can't be sad or in pain, but I just can't help but feel guilty for not being healthier despite all the good things in my life. Sometimes I wonder if something traumatic did happen to me and I just don't remember it, because I don't understand why I'd be so unhealthy without having experienced something bad. But I don't think anything ever did happen, so I just feel guilty. How do you deal with feelings of guilt like this?
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