Our parents played on our childish guilt by reminding us of all the starving children who didn't have dinner. Stated simply, we learned to eat so that we wouldn't feel guilty. As a result, many adults are in the habit of eating every bit of food on their dinner plate, whether or not they're still hungry. Guilt has shaped the habit. Overcoming Habitual Guilt You can overcome habitual guilt by examining the guilt making situation the next time it occurs.
Adults have the right and the responsibility to make their own decisions.
By analyzing the situations that cause you to feel guilt, you might be able to eliminate some unnecessary bad feelings from your emotional responses. We are all afraid from time to time. Most of the time, our fears have a basis in reality, such as when we feel afraid walking down a dark alley alone at night. Read these tips to learn the differences between fears and phobias, and how phobias can be treated. Many of us experience mild and perhaps slightly irrational fears as well, such as the fear of flying in an airplane or riding in an elevator.