Room 1
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Before you can dodge a strike you need to know how it is thrown. This room explains the mechanism: what guilt is, why it sometimes helps and sometimes destroys, who that voice judging you is, and where it got its rules.
Scroll · 3 min · +10 XPWhat is guilt?An emotion with a job to do… and a tendency to work overtime.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPFunctional and dysfunctional guiltThe same emotion can be a compass or a whip. It helps to know which one you are holding.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPGuilt vs shameA mistake is something you did. When it becomes something you are, the emotion has changed.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPThe inner accuserWhen you feel guilty, someone is talking. It helps to know who.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPThe "shouldA small word with enormous power. It never travels alone: there is always someone behind it.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPGuilt and ruminationGoing over what happened looks like reflection. By the fortieth lap, it is something else.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPGuilt and autonomyYou can do exactly the same thing for four different reasons. Only one of them is yours.Scroll · 5 min · +10 XPGuilt and happinessSometimes the good stuff arrives, and arrives just fine. The problem is who answers the door.