[moooo2u]

not related to my previous post but since I'm here, I figured I'd mention this because it bothers me as well.

I will often wake up feeling guilty or ashamed that I've done something wrong or acted inappropriately or that I did something to be embarrassed about the previous night.

Normally, I have some social issues where I'll always play over in my head and social interactions and will often think I've done something stupid where people will think less of me - I'm trying to deal with those issue but often the feelings in the morning cannot possibly be related to anything that I've done because I will have done nothing the previous day/night.

I would often feel that way when I'd drink too much and then wake up mad at myself that I drank and concerned about how I might have acted around people but I've largely giving up drinking (for those specific reasons and because if I kept drinking, I'd probably be dead) and I'll still wake up feeling like I did something embarrassing.

[Thunder Bow]

Maybe you felt like that when you were a child. Were you scolded a lot then?

[moooo2u]

feeling ashamed as a child? certainly - we were among the poorest families around so that was always an issue. I've always been afraid of what people will think of me - never raised my hand in class, etc, etc. counseling has gotten me to work on some of these things - even posting to something like this is a big deal for me. but that's also a topic for another forum. I just hate waking up feeling like that.

[Thunder Bow]

No need to feel ashamed anymore

[Patsy Cline]

I do the same thing. I've read it's a form of OCD. Obsessive thoughts and guilt. It's a struggle I have every day. I hope you feel better.