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A little guilty

When you feel guilty, you don’t have to keep punishing yourself

Maybe it was something you said too harshly, a promise you didn’t keep, or a call you couldn’t pick up when someone needed you. It may be over by now, and the other person may have stopped mentioning it long ago, yet there is still a stone in your chest: every time you remember, you feel awful, as if no apology could ever be enough.

Guilt means you care

You feel guilty because you care about that person, and about the kind of person you want to be. That weight doesn’t make you a bad person. It is more like a small warning light: you have seen how you affected someone else. Once you have seen it, you can slowly make amends where you can, and where you can’t, you don’t have to pay it off by staying miserable.

At the station, set the stone down for a while

The Quiet Station won’t judge you, and it won’t push you to say “I’m over it” right away. Sit on the bench and wait for the next train to pull in slowly, or write the “I’m sorry” you never said on a bedside note, then add one line you would be willing to say to yourself, and fold it away so it stays only on your device. If the guilt has weighed on you for a long time and affects your sleep or daily life, it may help to talk with someone you trust or a professional.

No account, no name, and you can leave whenever you like.

Let this feeling stay the night →

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