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.
Happiness may even just feel uncomfortable because you've gotten so used
to feeling down. The truth is that when you feel too guilty to let
yourself enjoy positive emotions, you are denying a part of yourself
that has a right to exist. By limiting your life experience to just the
negative feelings, you are cutting yourself off from the fullness of
life -- which includes all of the positive emotions as well.
Fortunately, you can begin to shift the way you respond to happiness
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