When we think of certain emotions like feeling embarrassed, uneasy, or even awkward, they're sometimes associated with insecurity. The same can be said for taking on feelings of guilt when you aren't ...

I always feel guilty, and I don’t know what to do. My guilt makes me second-guess myself. I even feel guilty about complaining because other people have it so much worse. My partner thinks my guilt is ...

Social psychologist Elaine Fernandez explores how guilt is evolving across Asia, from work culture and family dynamics to ...

Why did humans evolve the capacity to feel guilt? It is such a nasty feeling! It limits what people can do and, in particular, what people can allow themselves to enjoy. Sigmund Freud was really down ...

Guilt trips are hard to resist, and that's by design. Guilt is a real emotion, one of the most useful ones a person has, and a guilt trip is engineered to trigger it on command. That's why it works.

In modern relationships, two emotions—shame and guilt—often have a profound impact on how partners connect and communicate. While these feelings can be natural, if left unchecked, they can erode trust ...

Guilt is often treated as a feeling to turn away from, something that is detrimental to our pursuit of happiness. But Chris Moore, psychologist and professor in Dalhousie University’s department of ...

Air travel, meat in the shopping cart, waste sorting, plastic toys—consumers are faced with a barrage of everyday decisions and priorities when navigating environmental concerns. But what drives these ...

Feeling pressure to be the perfect parent can make moms feel super guilty. Here’s how experts suggest handling mom guilt when ...

Are emotions a brake on runaway behavior, or an accelerator? I tested this by giving an AI learning in a small world one ...

Guilt is often treated as a feeling to turn away from, something that is detrimental to our pursuit of happiness. But Chris Moore, psychologist and professor in Dalhousie University’s department of ...