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Wednesday 19 December 2018

Feeling Guilty about Being Happy

Daily Om: Happiness is an experience we all long for and deserve in our lives. We may wish for the happiness that comes with a much-needed vacation, yet when the actual experience of happiness emerges, we may be too overcome with guilt to enjoy it. 

If guilt is interfering with your ability to feel joy, you may find relief in looking at the beliefs you hold about yourself and what it means for you to be happy.

Guilt about feeling happy can arise for different reasons. Deep down you may believe that you don't deserve to be happy because you hurt someone in the past, had more than others growing up, or maybe you received a mean comment from someone you admire. Perhaps it once seemed that painful experiences always followed happy ones; now whenever you begin to feel happy, you find yourself waiting for the other shoe to drop....read more>>>...