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'''Guilt''' is a [[cognitive]] or an [[emotion]]al [[experience]] that occurs when a [[person]] realizes or believes - whether justified or not - that he or she has violated a moral [[standard]], and is responsible for that violation.[1] It is closely related to the [[concept]] of remorse.

'''Guilt''' is a [[cognitive]] or an [[emotion]]al [[experience]] that occurs when a [[person]] realizes or believes - whether justified or not - that he or she has violated a moral [[standard]], and is responsible for that violation.[1] It is closely related to the [[concept]] of remorse.

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In [[psychology]], as well as in ordinary [[language]], guilt is an affective state in which one experiences conflict at having done something that one believes one should not have done (or conversely, having not done something one believes one should have done). It gives rise to a [[feeling]] which does not go away easily, driven by 'conscience'. [[Sigmund Freud]] described this as the result of a struggle between the [[ego]] and the superego parental imprinting. Freud, an [[atheist]], rejected the role of [[God]] as punisher in times of illness or rewarder in time of wellness. While removing one source of guilt from patients, he ironically added another. This was the [[unconscious]] force within the [[individual]] that may contribute to illness and also to the kind of so called accident that, until then had been attributed to God's will or simply bad [[luck]]. Today, as a result of Freud's views, even the victim of someone else's accident or bad luck may be offered criticism rather than comfort. The [[theory]] is that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person's hostility.[2] Guilt and its causes, merits, and demerits are common themes in psychology and psychiatry. It is often associated with [[anxiety]], and sometimes [[depression]]. The philosopher [[Martin Buber]] underlined the [[difference]] between the Freudian notion of guilt, based on internal conflicts, and [[existential]] guilt, based on actual harm done to others.[3]

In [[psychology]], as well as in ordinary [[language]], guilt is an affective state in which one experiences conflict at having done something that one believes one should not have done (or conversely, having not done something one believes one should have done). It gives rise to a [[feeling]] which does not go away easily, driven by 'conscience'. [[Sigmund Freud]] described this as the result of a struggle between the [[ego]] and the superego parental imprinting. Freud, an [[atheist]], rejected the role of [[God]] as punisher in times of illness or rewarder in time of wellness. While removing one source of guilt from patients, he ironically added another. This was the [[unconscious]] force within the [[individual]] that may contribute to illness and also to the kind of so called accident that, until then had been attributed to God's will or simply bad [[luck]]. Today, as a result of Freud's views, even the victim of someone else's accident or bad luck may be offered criticism rather than comfort. The [[theory]] is that the victim may be at fault for having attracted the other person's hostility.[2] Guilt and its causes, merits, and demerits are common themes in psychology and psychiatry. It is often associated with [[anxiety]], and sometimes [[depression]]. The philosopher [[Martin Buber]] underlined the [[difference]] between the Freudian notion of guilt, based on internal conflicts, and [[existential]] guilt, based on actual harm done to others.[3]