There’s a line from this song that goes
“When the others are so wicked why should we be good”
And I don’t know why anymore.
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Why do you think you’re not a good person @everhopeful?
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I don’t feel it (good) anymore.
I think the only reason I’m good is because of external repercussions to being bad.
At best I’m neutral. Not good not bad.
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I ran into the same problem with myself… it’s probably a different situation than yours but when I tried to be a good person I realized I had never been and most of the “good” things I did were because I was taught to . … I feel that I am not intrinsically very moral or empathetic…
I try to be a better person but I usually give in to not caring because outside of the consequences my situation stays bad and people treat me bad regardless of what I do.
Also… I ran into many problems when thinking about the whole notion of good/bad people. At this point my northern star is non harm and I achieve this until I get sucked into irrational rage …at that point I have very little control.
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You’re always helping and supporting people on this forum, and ask for nothing in return. That makes you a good guy in my book.
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I agree with the guy above me. You’ve always been nice on the forum… and to me that means you’re a nice, good person…
I’ve had this before, was part of being OCD… I constantly ruminated about being a bad person… I highly doubt you are… maybe it’s just ocd??
I feel the same way, I just feel like an okay person, wish I were better to my family and such
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And he posts a lot of interesting links too 
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I wish I was an intrinsically good English speaker. Know all the intricacies. Inthrall the listener. Instaurate faith in a better tomorrow.
Nonchalantly.
Good & bad - there can’t be one without the other.
I’d like to think that the amount of good things I’ve done makes up for the bad.
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Maybe positive affirmations and self love help you feel more positive.
I don’t entirely agree with the parent part of that meditation as one should set boundaries and distance oneself from people who are abusive and de value and supress and etc
But there are other videos on YouTube if you type guided meditation or positive affirmations or self love.
Hope you will feel more optimistic and positive about your self and who you are.
Also Louise hay has a book called you can heal your life.
Maybe there’s healing work that can be done.
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