Is It Normal To Feel Guilty For Being Happy?

Happiness is an experience we all long for and deserve in our lives. We may wish for the happiness that comes with a much-needed vacation or an exciting new love affair, yet when the actual experience of happiness emerges, we may be too overcome with guilt to enjoy it. If guilt is interfering with your ability to feel joy, you may find relief in looking at the beliefs you hold about yourself and what it means for you to be happy.
Guilt about feeling happy can arise for different reasons. Deep down you may believe that you don’t deserve to be happy because you hurt someone in the past, had more than others growing up, or maybe you received a mean comment from someone you admired. Perhaps it once seemed that painful experiences always followed happy ones;
now whenever you begin to feel happy, you find yourself waiting for the other shoe to drop. Happiness may even just feel uncomfortable because you’ve gotten so used to feeling down. The truth is that when you feel too guilty to let yourself enjoy positive emotions, you are denying a part of yourself that has a right to exist.
By limiting your life experience to just the negative feelings, you are cutting yourself off from the fullness of life – which includes all of the positive emotions as well. Fortunately, you can begin to shift the way you respond to happiness even in this moment.
From now on, when happiness begins to blossom in your heart, try to accept it, relish in it, ask it to stay. It’s okay to feel happy even if you believe you don’t deserve it. Feeling good is an expression of your wholeness and your connection with life. The next time happiness appears for you, try not to feel guilty about it. Instead, welcome your happiness in like a long-awaited friend.
Hope this will help you out !! Good night to you xx
Wishing you sunshine, love and laughter. Not just today, but all the days after

I often feel like that. I think of all the people suffering in the world and I’m happy?! How can anyone be really happy when others are not. But maybe we should really learn to appreciate what we have when we have it, without feeling guilty or afraid of what might go wrong in the future (how we might have to ‘pay’ for our happiness. I think we are denying life itself if we don’t make the most of what we have and enjoy it. As long as we help others whenever we can….we shouldn’t feel guilty for being fortunate. I’m working on it!

You probably feel that its not fair for you to be happy while someone else is miserable. Dont worry about them take all the chances in life you get to be happy. Your not being a bad person by being happy.
Life is short enjoy it.

whenever u are going to do somkething that may make you happy think about how its gonna make you depressed, then you wont be depressed anymore as much when youre happy. works seriousley, tell me what works for you.

Seems to me like you have a lot of regret. Something you’ve done in the past? Not sure. But, since I don’t know exactly what, then maybe you could possibly figure it out. You may just need to get some things off your chest.

If you are happy just be happy; it is the most healthy thing to be; do not let anyone tell you different. Why would you be scared to be happy?, there is no reason for that!

think less, live more.
it is hard to do, because i have to do it very day to stop myself from becoming my 12 year old paranoid self.

Happiness is sometimes over-rated…i mean, can you truly write a good song while your happy and giddy? No…..

Make it a habit to think positively. Then being happy will be a consistant habit for you and that’s a good thing.

Just say to yourself be happy, regardless of whether you feel you deserve to be or not. That will get you through anything in life.

don’t worry.. I have the same problems… I usually become sad when I’m happy because you always think of that moment and thennothing else can make you happier=p so don’t feel bad!!!!

why? make the most of it, you shouldn’t feel guilty. If you didnt enjoy being happy you wouldn’t be human.

absolutly..if u see someone else that just isn’t as happy as you’re it’s normal to feel as if you’re making them feel bad by being happy

shut up and go on with life & quit trying to make things perfect cause nobody’s perfect.stop being pathetic and show a tough side.BE STRONG!!!

go see a psychologist and get on anti-depressants.

it’s up to you./..