Guilt
* Is a feeling of regret one has about behavior that has violated a personal value.
* Some guilt is caused by conditioning.
* acts as a powerful inducement to the maintenance of social cohesion.
* always results in blaming others for what has gone wrong.
* bad feeling for the individual, but vitally important for society.
* builds barriers in relationships.
* by-product of someone's suicide.
* can also be a reason for a spirit being stuck here
  - consume a child if they feel disloyal to one biological parent
  - erode self-esteem
  - refer to the remorse associated with having committed sin
* can be irrational, and can be used to manipulate others
  - just as difficult to cope with as anger
  - most destructive of our wellbeing, causing mental and physical illness
  - bring on severe depression
  - contribute to shame and a sense of isolation
  - lead to frigidity and impotence
  - make recovery from anxiety disorders difficult
  - play strange tricks on the mind
  - refer to accountability and answerability in judgment for sin
* causes a desire to lies.
* common reaction when a loved one has been sexually assaulted.
* common response after the death of a loved one
  - in grief
* extends to every part of man's existence.
* feeling that arises when breaking contracts, with cancellations
  - is taught according to precepts embodied by different cultures
* follows every failure in our lives, whether major or minor.
* helps keep people on the right moral track.
* inhibits the joy that is intended for survivors of sin and death.
* is added to anger and pain
  - almost always a self serving emotion
* is also a common emotion following an abortion
  - something that others force upon one
  - among the most destructive and devastating of human emotions
* is an arrow that strikes at the very heart and soul of self-esteem
  - emotion that rises after a transgression of one's own or cultural values
  - important sensation which can function or malfunction
  - inescapable consequence of personal responsibility
  - inherent product of an immature religiosity
  - outgrowth of the negative
* is another common emotion that happens in the grieving Person
  - feeling that employed parents experience
  - long-term effect of sexual abuse
  - source of pain
  - appropriate when one has wronged another, when one has something to feel guilty about
  - arthritis of the soul
  - both an emotion and a state of being
  - considered to be the great motivating force behind socially acceptable behavior
  - covered by use of one's intellect
  - empathy
  - felt by all parents when their child dies
  - inflicted when compassion is needed
  - innocence and innocence is guilt
  - located in churchs
  - merely manipulation used by selfish, self-serving people to get their own way
* is one important cause of child battering and infanticide
  - of the greatest wastes of emotional energy
  - trait that sometimes is difficult to unravel
  - only secondary to fear as a motivating factor for group members
  - part of crime
  - probably the most common emotion resulting from the death of a companion animal
  - self judgment
  - something terrible and destructive, and consists of many parts
  - sometimes a symptom of depression
* is the binding a person over to punishment
  - corrosion of the soul
  - ego's orgasm
  - emotional equivalent of physical pain
  - energy for personal change
  - gift that keeps on giving
  - inability to forgive oneself for a perceived wrongdoing
  - mafia of the mind
  - most common feeling among survivors and is passed to children each generation
  - price for having a conscience
  - primary way that the superego tells children the rules of what is right and wrong
  - recognition of acting without integrity
  - result of sin
  - state of deserving condemnation for the violation of a moral requirement
  - tied into some kind of interpersonal context
* leads to self-denial, even asceticism.
* major factor in imposing control of the child.
* matter for judges and juries to decide.
* neurotic behavior that our society has come to accept as normal.
* normal and healthy moral response, a sign that one's conscience is working.
* often creates life-threatening pathologies as our bodies attract ill health
  - form of self-disappointment
  - highlights an inner conflict between personal experience and one's social persona
* psychological problem that is very real.
* reactive motivation because it propels the person away from itself.
* reflection of the conscience.
* response of the conscience to specific sinful actions.
* special form of regret - a strong sense of having done something morally wrong.
* tends to take over the person's sense of self in a fundamental way.
* universal emotion
* version of lust of the flesh.
* very common feeling among the children of divorcing parents.
* word with a strong religious charge.
+ Child development, Child Development Theories, Psychosexual Theory
  * The ego knows if the id can get what it wants by looking at if the want can be filled. Children that have the ego formed can control their basic needs and their actions. When the ego is formed, children gain a sense of self by controlling their needs. The superego is formed by children working with their parents and others in society. The superego acts as a rule follower. Guilt is the primary way that the superego tells children the rules of what is right and wrong.