Feeling guilty

Do you ever feel guilty about stuff that isn't your fault? I just found out that a friend's friend was diagnosed with a brain tumor. After I heard that, I started feel so guilty. I was thinking that there are people out there with problems so much bigger than mine. And all I am dealing with is a mental health issue. Why can't I just snap out of it? Now, I know its not just something I can snap my fingers and fix...wish I could. Just wondering if anyone else feels the same way?

I've got an overdeveloped guilt complex too.

As for comparing your problems to others and feeling like yours aren't "good enough" or "big enough" ... that's just sort of silly. But ridiculously common - I deal with it too.

I think I was born feeling guilty. It doesn't take much for me to try and take responsibility. I've done that for as long as I can remember, so you are not alone.

Best wishes, Gayle
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Please don't take this the wrong way, but could the guilt feelings be a part of the mental health issues?

I don't know what mental health issues you struggle with, but telling yourself that your issues aren't "big enough" or that you "should be able to just snap your fingers and fix yourself" are self-shaming messages, and they sound like part of a depression or other similar mental health problems. It's important to see that even though you feel guilty over having no control, that doesn't mean you ARE guilty of having no control. In fact, having no control absolves you of any guilt. But the guilt is incredible effective at keeping you in a place where you put yourself down and possibly give up.

I say these things because it's exactly how depression has worked for me. Depression fooled me into feeling guilty for my own depression. By posing those "why don't I" questions to myself, it took all focus away from actually battling and confronting the depression. Thus it only made my depression worse.

I hope you find this useful.