Guilty conscience?

Whenever I heard voices they were bringing up mistakes I have made throughout life even ones I haven’t thought about for years.

Now I’m having dreams about mistakes I’ve made every night whenever I can get sleep. Is this normal, does this happen to anyone else.

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It’s normal to feel guilty sometimes but what you’re describing goes beyond that. I was almost destroyed by guilt, and because it was based on real events I still struggle with this to this day.

Guilt is one of the most corrosive feelings a person can have. If I were you I’d bring it up with your doctor or even better your therapist if you have one.

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I was brought up catholic with their guilt complexes and developed what became sz.

I moved from there. Meds helped. And the knowledge I’ve done what I can do with what I’ve got and an overactive mind with some guilt is hard to deal with. It’s not your fault if you did your best. That is what gets me by…

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I’ve got a number of things I feel guilty about, some real and some imaginary.

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I used to feel guilty until I realized everything is meaningless

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I don’t hear voices. But that happens to me for no reason sometimes. Spontaneous thoughts about mistakes that make me cringe. It’s just a minor annoyance really for me.

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Me neither i dont hear voices, but i have the guilty conscience as hell too… Very often too :frowning: I wasnt even able to socialize because of it, i feel as a sinner often… So this shouldnt be like that… Try to be gentler with yourself, dont pay attention to your voices, tell yourself, that its a symptom and yeap, eventually seek solutions with your therapist.
We are good too, maybe thats why… The worst people dont even feel guilt, sheesh…

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Never heard voices. But I have struggled with guilt riddled conscience as well. Once I went this guilty phase when I was psychotic. It was bad.

Looking at your experiences from a third person perspective can help. Or viewing them as if they are that of a stranger.

I am shocked by some people’s ability to lie shamelessly. A person I know made excuse of his dad’s cancer treatment to get a day off at work only to fool around with girlfriend.

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Im absolutely crushed by guilt at times. Mine sounds kinda like yours- real events from my past that i just cant let go of or wont let go of me. Kid you not, even something that happened when i was in 2nd grade. I dont hear voices about it, but i feel a driving need to find anyone i perceive myself as having wronged and apologize. I dont even know if they remember me or would remember the events that run through my head. I look for people… cant find anyone.

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I think most people regret some things in their life. In many cases I think it’s just because we are young and unexperienced. Life is throwing things at us that we aren’t equipped to handle in some cases, and mistakes are made. I have changed a lot getting older, getting more experienced and have a different sense of moral now than I did when I was young. A lot of it has to do with setting things in perspective. Everybody will struggle at some point in this life.

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