Has your guilt kep you from sleeping?

[Thistle Harlequin]

Have you ever done something soooo fucked up to someone that your guilt kept you from sleeping?? What'd you do?? ....and how did you cope?

[nathanmbailey]

Nope, I feel no guilt. And if for some odd reason I am having trouble sleeping, I gulp down some NyQuil and I'm good.

[Rockwulf]

Anything I've done to anybody that anyone would consider "really fucked up" is something they richly deserved so I have no guilt.

[VoltaireBlue]

no.

[Mindgames]

Guilt, no - but folks have kept me awake to argue all night.

[Raza]

Guilt's not a feeling I'm really inclined to. I tend to rationalize stuff people claim that I've inflicted on them, and be comfortable with it.

What're you dwelling on, though? These question threads are generally rather specifically about things happening to you.

I'm an excellent devil's advocate. You could've burned down an orphanage with all its occupants in it, and I'd still know something to say to make it sound OK.

[Cafe_Post_Mortem]

Wow! Am I surrounded by saints or sociopaths here?

Guilt is normal and natural. Even when you are justified in your actions, it sucks to see people hurt. Guilt keeping you up nights, not so much.

The fist thing is to figure out, what did you do really? We don't need the answer here, but putting some perspective on what it is. Now I am only guessing here, but you probably did not murder or **** any one. If you did, my advice probably won't help. So sit down really look at what you did and put it into some perspective. Is it really ruining someone's life, or just ruining someone's week? I don't mean rationalize or trivialize it, just get a feel for what exactly is bothering you.

If you feel bad, and you can, apologize. It can work wonders for both sides. If not, try the old write it and burn it thing. Write down what you did and why you feel bad about it. write what you are goin to do different next time. Read it to yourself. Then burn it and let it go. It sounds all new agey, but it works.

Good luck and get some sleep.

[Mindgames]

Wow! Am I surrounded by saints or sociopaths here?

You have to ask?

[One Eyed Cat]

You have to ask?

hahahaha. I would imagine that some folks here would be more apt to be kept up by things that still need doing more than those that have been done. Good or bad. I know I am.

OEC

[keiko]

mmm i'd wager 30% sociopaths 65% heartless evil, and 5% that still register human emotions in their chips. yes, i have been up all night, or at least sleeping fitfully, due to guilt. Sometimes it's petty nonsense, sometimes it's just gas, but yeah i've been up all night thinking too much.

~K

[Aza]

Wow! Am I surrounded by saints or sociopaths here?

Neither... just those who wish they were sociopaths. For some reason, that reputation is still considered gold within the Gothic subculture.

Truth: One cannot fathom real guilt, nor how long it can haunt you, until one has done something TRULY guilt-worthy.

[mystoo]

I probably have been kept awake by guilt but I can't remember specifically the situation, which must mean that I'm over it.

[Rockwulf]

My quilt helps me sleep like a baby, all warm and soft.

[Mr Karl]

I've been kept awake planning fucked up things, if it's going to be fucked up, might as well do it properly...................I've heard of guilt, I'm actually not really sure what it is.

[moonwolf]

somethings, not realy anthing major though

[Thistle Harlequin]

you[/i].

I'm an excellent devil's advocate. You could've burned down an orphanage with all its occupants in it, and I'd still know something to say to make it sound OK.

It's actually what someone did to me the other day, I'm just wondering if he might be feeling guilt or if he's just pyschotic, and I wanted to know how others felt about "guilt"

personally I'd feel guilty if I knew I did something terrible that someone doesn't deserve (like what happened to me) but I'd feel guilty if the person didn't deserve it.