But I Feel So Doggone Guilty

Another great one. Definitely spoke to mixed messages swirling around in my head. Thank you for helping me call attention to it.

Fantastic article. I can relate. My husband was my rock during nursing school. He never complained, he carried the financial burden alone so that I could, in his words "do my job" of nursing school. He was amazing, yet I still felt guilty because I wasn't cooking supper for him or keeping the house as clean as I felt I should. Even though he told me time and time again these things didn't matter (and picked up a lot of that slack himself), I still placed that false guilt on myself. Thanks for putting into words what I've been thinking, even as some of these same feelings continue into my nursing career.

awesome and how true!! I divorced my husband while in nursing school and my son and I got through it. But it was HARD to let go of the guilt at not having time for everything.

I never even thought about "false guilt". It makes perfect sense. As women, sometimes we just do it to ourselves.

I think many of us females are born with "guilt-shaped shoulders." It stands to reason. We want to take care of everyone and when we can't, we feel like we have somehow failed. Nothing a good false-guilt-ectomy can't cure.