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Unexplained guilt

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knackeredagain · 14/11/2022 20:48

Sometimes I just get this horrible feeling of guilt, that I can’t attribute to anything. Does anyone know what I’m talking about? Like a knot in my stomach and a sense of shame.
Its just not logical at all. I’d understand if I felt guilty about something I had or hadn’t done. I might even be able to make amends.
I’d even understand irrational guilt, like for example putting my own needs first, although it would be harder to manage. But this is.... nothing. Like no cause and effect I can pick over, just a horrible feeling.
Is this a thing? Is there anything I can do? I feel awful. The nearest I can explain is that it’s like anxiety, without having touched a drop.

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kateclarke · 14/11/2022 20:52

I had this. I think it was PTSD from growing up in a neglectful and weird family. However I expect it can have many causes.

knackeredagain · 14/11/2022 21:18

Sorry to hear that @kateclarke. It’s awful isn’t it?

I have been through a lot over the years.

I see people through my line of work who have been through so much worse. I’m pretty resilient to it, but I’ve been doing it a long time.

Maybe I am keeping a lot pushed down and it’s coming out like this.

Have you found a way to deal with it?

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