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stiiknafuulia t1_iqv9xek wrote

What about the crippling guilt and regret from past misdeeds?

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sasigona OP t1_iqvaev7 wrote

Understand that you were probably not a good person but you don't have to remain that person. Guilt and regret is at least an acceptance that you were wrong, a lot of people don't even get to that point. The next step is to try and become a better person, and forgive yourself for the person you were and the things you did.

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bubba2260 t1_iqw5dqe wrote

Guilt is a very volatile fuel for self harm

Shame as well

Give yourself a break, you deserve it 👍

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fragglerockerpoo_22 t1_iqw63mk wrote

What about crippling debt from doing this exact strategy over and over?

Good idea but we monetized skills and knowledge and insisted that humans can only exist when they interact with the economy successfully. If you "remake" yourself and that self isn't a working cog in our economy you're homeless...

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digninj t1_iqwwgw0 wrote

There’s lots of ways to work with this. What’s helped me is Somatic Experiencing therapy, deep breathwork, plant medicine and NLP.

It’s about releasing the energy in your nervous system that is keeping you stuck as well as requiring the connections in the mind and body that are being activated.

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