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Hey man, I don’t know if you need to hear this, but if you’ve gone #NoContact with toxic family members, I know that today can be especially difficult, bringing feelings of #guilt and #SelfDoubt, as well as pressure from others to re-expose yourself to #abuse because “we’re family, and it’s #Christmas.” I just want you to know that #holiday sentiments are only that, & don’t justify toxicity & abuse. Forgiveness may be divine but forgetting is for suckers. My heart goes out to you. You matter.

“With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.”
― Zig Ziglar

#Bot #Quote #Integrity #Guilt

When you were young, did your parents force you to stay at the table until you had finished your plate of food? And did they guilt you into eating?
#food #eating #parenting #childhood #guilt

RE: https://meow.social/@kris_of_pnictogen/115706440089345868

I talked to Colt a little while ago. Nobody sent her flowers.

EDIT, 10:13 pm Pacific time: someone helped with the flowers! thanks so much 💜

#Fediverse, I don't suppose you like me much. This is a problem because I would like to help people, and right now the only way I can help people is #begposting (yes I'm working on other methods), and that's an issue because the efficacy of the #begpost seems to be a function of...well, whether you're particularly effective at schmoozing in a certain way that varies from place to place.

I don't do well with schmoozing. I dislike unspoken rulesets and I really dislike the sort of person who's sneakily proud at being good with exploiting unspoken rulesets. I would like, if possible, to appeal to people's best instincts. Failing that I suppose I could try #guilt.

We're all sinners, right? We're all guilty of something.

My friend is in Room 3128 in St. Peter's Hospital in Helena, Montana, under the name Colt "Blue" Hart. #Flowers would be nice. You can put a poison-pen letter to me (Chara) in with the flowers if you like, I'll just have to warn her about that.

~Chara of Pnictogen

I am 100% Potato here and Mr. Owltistic is Cupcake. lol

#ActuallyAutistic #AutismAcceptance #Autistic #Autism #Neurodivergent
#AuDHD #AutisticAdults #InvisibleDisability #webcomics #Sick #Illness #Guilt #Disabled #Disability

136: Sick

Photo Description:
Panel 1: Background is ground of various browns, reds, and oranges is covered in bits of snow and ice. In the very back is a burrow which is assumed to be where Potato the sick green burrowing owl lives who is present. There is also a barn owl named Cupcake carrying a steamy bowl of mac and cheese to the round mahogany table.
Cupcake says, "I made you mac and cheese to help you feel better."

Panel 2:
Cupcake places the bowl on the table.
Potato replies, "Thank you. I just feel so guilty..."

Panel 3: Cupcake responds, "I understand. Just know that you don't NEED to feel guilty."

Panel 4: She finishes, "And I'm here for you, in sickness and in health, both at your lowest and highest.
There is a white heart above Potato.

A quotation (sort of) from Ben Franklin

Beware, beware! he’ll cheat ’ithout scruple, who can without fear.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1743 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/34…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #cheat #cheater $cheating #conscience #criminal #deceit #fear #fraud #getawaywith #guilt #humannature #opportunity #risk #riskassessment #risktaking #scruple #shame

SHACKLED
https://thelavendergaze.com/2022/06/shackled/

There was a boy
who became a man.
Almost – not entirely.

Part of him would remain
in that space in-between ...

#Gay #GayWriter #GrowingUp #Guilt #LGBTQ #Poems #Poetry #Queer #QueerArtist #QueerMastodon #QueerPoetry #QueerWriters #VulnerableWriting

Neither the prime minister nor his lawyers made any admission of #guilt. A #pardon in #Israel has traditionally been granted only after legal proceedings have concluded & the accused has been convicted. #Netanyahu's lawyers argued that the president can intervene when public interest is at stake, as in this case, with a view to healing divisions & strengthening national unity.

#law #corruption

Dealing with trauma

I will be honest, finally, to myself... I am not doing OK. Many of you who have been following my posts here may have known for a long time, I guess. And, to be fair, I knew it too. I have written about the emotions, grief, guilt, pain, nightmares, struggles with my recovery, exercises, and weight... And I have tried to find solutions. I dove into all the into I could find about autistic burnout, so that I could find a wat to deal with it and so, hopefully, recover. And I feel like the burnout bit did recover for a part. But, the symptoms that remained, those became stronger and more controlling, instead of also slowly becoming less. They became more overwhelming, more powerful, and way harder to deal with. My sleep started getting less good, I had more flashbacks and nightmares, I felt like I was unworthy, I didn't feel like it (life, I mean) had any use at all... Some of my muscles have forgotten how to relax, causing me much discomfort. But whatever my PT and I try... They remain hard and tight, as the nervous system keeps the muscle contracted as a guarding reflex. So yeah, I am definitely not doing fine, whatever I may say or try to act as... And now, it is time to learn more, and then, be brave enough to ask for help. […]

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/24/dealing-with-trauma/

A rainbow-winged fairy child faces a looming neon-shadow monster. Bold purple text reads: “DEALING WITH TRAUMA.”

Хто надто рано вибачається ...
Мігель де Сервантес

Quien se excusa demasiado ...
Miguel de Cervantes
https://buymeacoffee.com/valdeloir/marumidere

#провина #вибачення #мудрість #поведінка #цитата
#guilt #apology #wisdom #behavior #quote

The blog "This Needs Fixin'" looks at systemic problems in our society and suggests ways to address them.

Here's a randomly-selected link to a vintage post from the archive, dated 2025/04/16:

Overdue Process: A Return To The Presumption Of Innocence

https://this.needsfixin.net/2025/04/16/overdue-process-a-return-to-the-presumption-of-innocence

#constitution #Law #innocence #guilt

How to “let it go”?

Ever since Arwen's passing, just over 20 weeks ago, I have been dealing with horrble feelings of guilt. Everyone that knows me, and that knew Arwen as well, has already told me that my guilt has no basis. They understand where the guilt is coming from, and why I have trouble to believe them when they say that the guilt is not "valid" at all. I don't know how to say it properly, but they mean that the things that I feel guilty over, they weren't as bad and horrible as I feel that they were. They understand that I wanted to do more, as we all want to do more when we see someone we love immensely suffering. They understand my feelings of incompetence, as I feel that my mental and physical issues at that time were just too big for me to handle, and it was too hard for me to "switch swiftly and accordingly", especially as I was so traumatized and badly hurt from the events a few days prior. But, I think that those events are part of the reason why I feel that guilt so strongly... […]

https://cynnisblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/how-to-let-it-go/

Edited artwork showing Arwen’s happy face beneath a glowing purple-blue butterfly, with sparkles and a dark textured background. The text “How to ‘let it go’?” appears above her.

Lessons in Letting Go: Guilt Isn’t Guidance

Guilt is sneaky. It disguises itself as responsibility, love, duty, and “being a good person.” But for years, guilt ran my life—and I didn’t even realize it. From the guilt of my childhood to mom guilt, military guilt, and creative guilt, I carried weight that was never mine to begin with.

In this episode of Have a Cup of Johanny, I open up about the emotional and generational guilt that shaped me, the guilt that almost kept me from writing The Ordinary Bruja, and the moment I realized guilt is not guidance—it’s fear wearing a mask.

I share the lessons that helped me release guilt in motherhood, military life, and creativity, and how letting go of that weight finally allowed me to stand in my own voice again. You’ll also hear how guilt shows up in The Ordinary Bruja, how Salvador weaponizes it, and how Marisol breaks free from an inheritance of emotional burden.

The Ordinary Bruja is officially out now! If you’re ready for a story about identity, magic, and releasing what no longer serves you, order your copy here:

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Marisol Espinal has spent her life trying to disappear from her family’s whispers of magic, from the shame of not belonging, from the truth she refuses to face. She’s always wanted to be someone else: confident, capable, extraordinary.

But when strange visions, flickering shadows, and warnings written in her mother’s hand begin to stalk her, Marisol is forced to confront her deepest fear: what if she isn’t extraordinary at all? What if she’s painfully ordinary?

Yet Hallowthorn Hill doesn’t call to just anyone. And the more Marisol resists, the stronger its pull becomes. The past she’s buried claws its way back, and something in the mist is watching—waiting for her to remember.

If Marisol cannot face the truth about who she is and where she comes from, the same darkness that destroyed her ancestors will claim her, too.

Somewhere in the shadows, something knows her name.

And it’s time for Marisol to learn why.

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Guilt-Shaking Wallet Updated to Play "Baby Crying Sounds," Triggers Tears at Checkout and Fuels User Shame

An AI wallet that vibrates upon detecting overspending has added a feature that plays "baby crying sounds" according to guilt levels.

https://alt.andpaper.net/en/articles/20251116-sensory-hair-wallet/

#AI-wallet #fintech #guilt #public-shame #update #behavioral-economics

Excellent!!!

“MR. PRESIDENT: SAY WHEN. SAY WHERE”

in Closer To The Edge And Rook T. Winchester on Substack

“Every new document, every subpoenaed email, every stray billionaire confession makes the case against you. You can call this a witch hunt if you like, but at this stage the broom is writing its own testimony”

https://open.substack.com/pub/closertotheedge/p/mr-president-a38

#Press #US #Trump #Epstein #Putin #Kompromat #McDonalds #Guilt #Hoax

What an adventure tonight!

Pam Bondi is Going to Prison #duet #pambondi #attorneygeneral #AG #guilt... https://youtube.com/shorts/FOL7jzgmmOo?si=CiBKYtl3AdVFv_bC via @YouTube

"And if he did not know, it begs an interesting question: how powerful were the people protecting Trump that even a blackmailer like Epstein could not figure out why Trump had been spared any mention of bad behavior?"

#Trump #Epstein #pedophilia #crime #criminals #pardon #guilt #corruption #coverup #GhislaineMaxwell
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"The just-released tranche of Jeffrey Epstein emails pose an interesting question that no one has yet tried to answer: who has been protecting Donald Trump in the Epstein matter for the last several decades?

It’s something that Epstein seemed to ask Ghislaine Maxwell in this email dump as well."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Epstein #pedophilia #crime #criminals #pardon #guilt #corruption #coverup #GhislaineMaxwell
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https://saltypolitics.substack.com/p/breaking-epstein-emails-who-is-really

#Guilt

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