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my therapist knows that i struggle a lot with feeling guilty. I feel guilty for everything- irrationally guilty probably but i don't know how to stop.
today in therapy she asked me about something I didn't want to talk about (and she just asked me the same question last week) so I got upset about it. She thinks I was upset because she already asked me the same question and the rest of our session she kept saying "sorry did I ask you that already?" but I was actually just upset because I didn't want to talk about it. I realize she has tons of clients and I do not expect her to remember every detail of our sessions. so now I feel so guilty! I want to apologize and tell her "no I don't expect you to remember everything about our sessions- please don't think that I do!" I can't stop thinking about it and feeling guilty. I dont see her again for a week so how do I handle feeling guilty? guilt just takes over my head and I can't get out of it. |
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#2
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I think guilt comes with the territory for many of us. I just told my T in an Email a little while ago I feel guilty because I think I take up too much of her time between sessions.
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#3
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what kind of response did you get? i'm tempted to email mine but i just feel even worse about that. I know she doesn't go home and keep thinking about things i said...she just moves on because i'm just part of the job. i'm the one who can't stop overthinking things.
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#4
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Emailing to say you feel guilty emailing? I am missing something...
I think guilt is remedied by not repeating the same thing, but I don't think you have a single think to regret about your session today. |
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IDK, about the OPs guilt but for me no, the remedy is not in not repeating what I did because 100% of the time when I feel this guilt I did nothing wrong (yeah, I too get the "normal" guilt after messing stg up but I'm fine with it helps me to learn from my mistakes
![]() Form me, there are days when I'm guilty for the way I move, look, breathe... I guess it could be summon into for being alive? Just everything I do feels wrong, I feel like I should do more/be better/try harder yet nothing seems enough. |
#6
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Is that guilt, though, or something else?
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#7
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I am interpreting most of what is being discussed here (I think) as being shame instead of guilt. Shame about who you are vs. guilt over a particular action.
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#8
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I would agree.
Shame is insidious. |
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