The origin of procrastination and guilt ?

sxt

If you have 10 positive interactions with other people in one day and one negative experience , why does the later fill and occupy your mind with posionous thoughts when it clearly shouldn't

Why does this happen ? No other species of animal reacts in this negative way

Are school teachers to blame for this sense of guilt? Would getting frowned upon at a young age for getting a question wrong in front of a group of people be the origin?

Turtwig

The Catholic Church obviously.

unclejunior

sounds like it may be just you

ColeTrain

After Hours was good tonight until this thread came along

Pherekydes

Jernal wrote: »

The Catholic Church obviously.

Do non Catholics not suffer from guilt?

MadsL

Pherekydes wrote: »

Do non Catholics not suffer from guilt?

Protestant Work Ethic. Protestants worry if they don't work enough.

arse..biscuits

I'll think of a good reply tomorrow

Turtwig

Pherekydes wrote: »

Do non Catholics not suffer from guilt?

Experience guilt? Yes. Suffer from it? No.

abouttobebanned

It's a good question OP. Where does procrastination come into it though?

Pushtrak

Jernal wrote: »

The Catholic Church obviously.

That'd be the perfection, not the origin.

philologos

Guilt is a normal response, it is incredibly useful in so far as it points to the conscience, and it convicts us of when we've done wrong rather than good. It's a wholly irrational thing to condemn guilt and to say that it should never exist. Guilt is a good sign that you have a decent moral compass irrespective of belief.

Jernal wrote: »

Experience guilt? Yes. Suffer from it? No.

What does this even mean?

Gee Bag

This soppy thread is my one negative experience for today.

.same.

Jernal wrote: »

Experience guilt? Yes. Suffer from it? No.

this experience is suffering, is it not.

Pherekydes

Jernal wrote: »

Experience guilt? Yes. Suffer from it? No.

Is guilt a bad thing? If it is, then everyone who experiences it suffers from it. If it isn't why blame it on the catholic church?

How can you categorically state that non catholics don't suffer from it? Surely it's a subjective thing down to the individual?

partyatmygaff

sxt wrote: »

Are school teachers to blame for this sense of guilt? Would getting frowned upon at a young age for getting a question wrong in front of a group of people be the origin?

How would getting something wrong make you feel guilty? Ashamed or embarrassed maybe but definitely not guilty.

Jimmyhologram

sxt wrote: »

If you have 10 positive interactions with other people in one day and one negative experience , why does the later fill and occupy your mind with posionous thoughts when it clearly shouldn't

Maybe it's natural to mull over the negatives, to consider how things might have gone better, and whether anything can be learned from a bad experience. Doesn't necessarily have to entail poisonous thoughts, although in dispensing that advice I should also admit that I don't always follow it ...

philologos

Pherekydes wrote: »

Is guilt a bad thing? If it is, then everyone who experiences it suffers from it. If it isn't why blame it on the catholic church?

How can you categorically state that non catholics don't suffer from it? Surely it's a subjective thing down to the individual?

Any human being that has ever walked the earth, I'm fairly sure has been convicted by guilt in their lives.

Personally, I think it is a good thing if people do things that are clearly convicted that they are truly convicted in their heart that it is wrong, and strive to put it right.

What's disturbing isn't so much the fact that we feel guilt, that's normal and that's healthy, what is more disturbing is when people do what is clearly wrong and feel absolutely nothing at all.

partyatmygaff

Pherekydes wrote: »

Is guilt a bad thing? If it is, then everyone who experiences it suffers from it. If it isn't why blame it on the catholic church?

How can you categorically state that non catholics don't suffer from it? Surely it's a subjective thing down to the individual?

Although I find it uncharacteristic and am a bit confused by it, I think his post may have been tongue-in-cheek mocking of the usual "Blame it on the RCC" response that you'd expect on threads like these.

IM0

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LETHAL LADY

Might be because its past midnight but I cannot see where the procrastination and guilt part comes in OP. Or are you talking about anger or am I just lost?

Battered Mars Bar

Procrastination + negative experience = guilt?

LH Pathe

It has come to my attention a high number of youths spent a lot of time procrastinating over the word procrastination. sure I did it meself; just wasn't as vocal about it... was no internet.

marty1985

Guilt is a good thing in many ways and serves a function and served an evolutionary purpose I guess.

Catholics do seem to have a lot of the market share of guilt, mainly because Protestants sold their shares when they moved away from the confessional aspect with the reformation, and a lot of Asian cultures focus on shame rather than guilt, leaving Catholics with a big chunk of the guilt pie, even though it's not a hot commodity with the public these days.

Ruralyoke

OP come back - what's the big procrastination fixation and where does it fit in?

Hang on - "you have ten positive etc etc " I heard some self improvement/life guru on about this on Matt Cooper a few weeks ago.

C'mon - is it you?