You feel the way you do right now because of the thoughts you are thinking at this moment.

Apologies do make a difference. Believe it or not, research shows people often prefer them over money.

What sentence will you choose to impose on yourself? Are you willing to stop suffering and making yourself miserable when your sentence has expired? This would at least be a responsible way to punish yourself because it would be time-limited.

Confronting your fears and allowing yourself the right to be human can, paradoxically, make you a far happier and more productive person.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

That's one of the peculiar things about bad moods - we often fool ourselves and create misery by telling ourselves things that simply are not true.

Forgiving yourself, not guilt, increases personal accountability.