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Originally Posted by Skeezyks
However, from my perspective, there are things that are so egregious self-forgiveness is inappropriate. And in such a case the only option is simple acceptance. "I did this. It's in the past. There's nothing I can do about it now. So that's it."
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That feeling of self-forgiveness being inappropriate--what do you do when it's not only inappropriate, but there's no accepting it, either? Yes, there might not be anything I can do to change what happened, but I still have the capacity to mete out terrible punishment to myself, and often do so with relish in the moment.
I don't know how you ever come to a point where you simply accept it. It's not enough for me to want to accept it. I want to punish.