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When It's Good To Be Bad

Even Miss Manners needs to indulge in a little mischief sometimes.

Psych Basics

Guilt

Guilt and its handmaiden, shame, can paralyze––or catalyze one into action. Appropriate guilt can function as social glue, spurring one to make reparations for wrongs. Excessive rumination about one's failures, however, is a surefire recipe for resentment and depression.



Guilt, Shame, and Taboos

The Definitive Guide to Guilt

The five types of guilt and how you can cope with each

Is Parenting Guilt Inevitable?

Some parents have unrealistic --and historically unprecedented -- expectations

Guilt and Worry About Someone You Love

Four steps to coping with empathy-based guilt

Take My Money, Please!

The psychology of not-a-trust fund baby

50 Shades of Guilt

Why Fifty Shades of Grey should come with a warning label.

A Question of Guilt

Anthropomorphism, animal behavior, and punishing field mice.

Guilt is a Wasted Emotion

Are you caught up in others' judgments about you?

Guilt vs. Responsibility is Powerlessness vs. Power

Understanding emotional pollution and power.

Seven Deadly Sentiments

Introducing the shameful feelings that many people have, but few admit.

Typically Twisted

What seems weird is often normal.

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