Success Guilt : The Guilt of Having What We Wanted
Success Guilt : The Guilt of Having What We Wanted Why will one feel the guilt of having what he himself wanted in the first place? Yes, we wanted it, but the irony is that “we do feel the guilt”. Even if we spend our whole life chasing after success. A healthy relationship, a dream job, financial security, whatever it is — we work really hard and, finally, one day we achieve it. But still we don't feel that pure happiness, instead a strange feeling of guilt. Do I even deserve this? Did I do enough to achieve this? What if I'm taking someone else's place? What if it changes me? If you've ever felt this way, don't worry as you're not alone. Guilt after success in what we wanted first is completely normal, but why do we feel this way? And how do we overcome it? Why do we feel this way? This guilt comes from internal conflict between what you desire and your sense of fairness. When we achieve something, a thought of others comes to our mind: What if he worked ...