![]() ![]() ![]() ” “All that praying you made us do,” complained Maggie. No matter how hard we try to be good, we know we will fail because that is simply part of human nature. When we do something wrong we instinctively feel bad, and do everything in our power to make it better. ![]() Our ideas about sin may also trigger these guilty feelings. Some claim years of religious persecution, imperialism, and extreme poverty created a national Irish Catholic inferiority complex. If we Irish are the most guilty of all nationalities then what might be the cause? Potential origins are wide and varied. Why Do The Irish Feel Such A Strong Sense Of Guilt? When an appeal comes out for help at a school event for example, I’m usually overcome by guilty feelings that if I don’t help, nobody else might step up to the proverbial plate. I have a tendency to volunteer, to stretch myself to the limit, born out of a serious sense of guilt. I welcome your two cents worth in the comments section below.Īs an Irish person I feel pangs of guilt from time to time, sometimes over the most trivial things. I have only seen and experienced the world through the lenses of my own Irish upbringing. The question is, do we Irish, practice self-condemnation and reproach to a higher degree than others? Every person who has reached an age of reason is conscious of shame and remorse. Let’s face it, everyone experiences guilt at some point or another. Related to cultural, genetic or moral inheritance? To appreciate this internal battle of the mind? ![]() I often wonder if there are people who never, ever feel even the slightest twinge of guilt. To understand these feelings, they have to be experienced. The guilty suffer from intense internal reactions of regret, triggered by external events barely noticeable to others. So what is this guilt we speak of? It’s an uncomfortable sensation in the pit of the stomach caused by an overly functioning conscience. ![]()
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