223eMotion r eGulation Handout 6  (p. 10 of 10)
Guil T Wor DS
guilt culpability remorse apologetic regret sorry
prompting e vents for f eeling Guilt
••Doing or thinking something you believe is 
wrong.
••Doing or thinking something that violates your personal values.
••Not doing something you said that you would do.
••Committing a transgression against another person or something you value.••Causing harm/damage to another person or object.
••Causing harm/damage to yourself.
••Being reminded of something wrong you did in the past.
••Other:   
interpretations of e vents That p rompt f eelings of Guilt
••Thinking that your actions are to blame for something.
••Thinking that you behaved badly.••Thinking, “If only I had done something differently . . . ”
••Other:  
Biological c hanges and e xperiences of Guilt
••Hot, red face.
••Jitteriness, nervousness. ••Suffocating.
••Other:  
expressions and a ctions of Guilt
••Trying to repair the harm, make amends for the wrongdoing, fix the damage, change the outcome.
••Asking for forgiveness, apologizing, confessing.
••Giving gifts/making sacrifices to try to make up for the transgression.
••Bowing your head; kneeling before the person.
aftereffects of Guilt
••Making resolutions to change.
••Making changes in behavior.
••Joining self-help programs.
••Other:  
other i mportant emotion Words
••Weariness, dissatisfaction, disinclination.
••Distress.