6 Ways to Forgive Yourself and Start Moving Forward

''You've probably heard that one way to get over a past wrong is to forgive the perpetrator. But what if it feels like you're the one at blame? What if the misdeeds you're having a hard time moving past are ones you believe you're responsible for?

Forgiveness is still the answer, says Everett L. Worthington Jr., Ph.D., a professor of psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.“

A lot of people struggle with self-condemnation or self-blame because they’ve either done something they feel was wrong and they feel guilty, or because they feel that they're wrong or defective in some way and they feel a sense of shame,” says Worthington...''

by Jessica Cassity