Guilt Affects The Human Brain

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The guilt complex
Through out the years many different scientist and phycologist have been studying the brain. They have been studying the emotions and what triggers the reactions. This paper is focused more on the emotion of guilt and how it affects the human brain. A large percentage of the population felt guilty at one point of there lives the feeling is controlled by the brain and sense its an emotion, but is it taught or is it a natural feeling the study of neurology and human emotions gives us an inside look
what part of the brain controls the feeling of guilt?
Guilt is an emotion while the structures in this highly developed part of the brain interconnect. research shows that the amygdala a small almond shaped structure deep inside …show more content…

Yes there are 5. The first is the guilt that you have done something such as harming others or causing distress. The second is not doing something but really wanting to. Such as maybe you are conflicted with a decision that would go against your own oral code. Maybe like wanting so bad you've thought about stealing it. The third is the guilt of doing something you thought you did. The closest thing that i can relate to this type of gulit is when simba from the lionking felt like it was his fault that his dad was killed. Be cause simba didnt actually do anything wrong but he felt like he did. The next one is the guilt of feeling like you didnt help someone enough. Maybe you were heping someone but then you had to focus on your own life so now you feel guilty caus eyou just left them. The last form of gult is feeling like youre doing better than someone. Like once youve made it to the top of the buisness food cain but the person you used to work with on the same level is still there. These 5 forms of guilt as ive just stated can be found in everyday life and man different scenarios.
How sensitive is the guilt complex in the brain?
At what age do we begin feeling guilt for what we do?
Guilt is an emotion emotions are controlled by the brain we can study the brain able to study emotions. The neuroscience in the brain that helps control emotions have yet has yet to been to cite deciphered we are still learning new things to this day about our brain …show more content…

The neurology behind the guilt complex has been developing through

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