As well as feeling feelings of guilt because I knew then that there were certain people now who would not speak to me again, and have never spoken to me again, and it's a shame because I lost those friendships.

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This goes hand in hand with truly feeling your emotions, accepting them and allowing this acceptance to gradually transform emotions of fear, anger, envy, shame, guilt etc. into a feeling of love.

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False guilt is feeling responsible for imagined offenses or from a sense of inadequacy.

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Now that the initial shock of the attacks has worn off, many people are feeling a new emotion: survivor guilt.

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