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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

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.

Parenting Adolescents and the Problem of Blame

Exchanging blame between parent and teenager risks doing harm

In Praise of Guilt

How guilt strengthens social bonds and attachment.

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