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<blockquote data-quote="Elsi" data-source="post: 741572" data-attributes="member: 23349"><p>It sounds like he’s coming to terms with a lot. It’s good that he Is still able to recognize the harm his past actions have caused - recognition is the first step to making better choices in the future. But you’re right that he will have to work past this and move forward with a focus on the future. None of us can change the past. All we can do is make amends whenever possible and do better in the future. Is he working through these feelings with his therapist at all? It may take some time. Two months is not really very long to come to terms with such big issues. </p><p></p><p>Perhaps there are steps he can take to feel he is making amends, if not directly to the person(s) he feels he has wronged - if that contact may be unwanted - but maybe in a symbolic or pay-it-forward kind of way. Penance is not a concept much in favor these days, but psychologically I think there is something to the concept. We needs ways to move forward from wrongdoing and restore our self concept as good people who are capable of doing good for others. Taking some form of action may help him more than simply trying to shove those thoughts away.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elsi, post: 741572, member: 23349"] It sounds like he’s coming to terms with a lot. It’s good that he Is still able to recognize the harm his past actions have caused - recognition is the first step to making better choices in the future. But you’re right that he will have to work past this and move forward with a focus on the future. None of us can change the past. All we can do is make amends whenever possible and do better in the future. Is he working through these feelings with his therapist at all? It may take some time. Two months is not really very long to come to terms with such big issues. Perhaps there are steps he can take to feel he is making amends, if not directly to the person(s) he feels he has wronged - if that contact may be unwanted - but maybe in a symbolic or pay-it-forward kind of way. Penance is not a concept much in favor these days, but psychologically I think there is something to the concept. We needs ways to move forward from wrongdoing and restore our self concept as good people who are capable of doing good for others. Taking some form of action may help him more than simply trying to shove those thoughts away. [/QUOTE]
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