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How to forgive yourself for hurting someone?

Profile: N0ah97
N0ah97 on Jun 8, 2017
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Say sorry, and then remind your self, that everybody makes mistakes. We do have to make mistakes to learn something. Accept that you've done something wrong, give your self time to be mad about it, but also give your self time to let it go.
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Profile: heyitssoph126
heyitssoph126 on Jun 16, 2017
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Apologize sincerely to that person, try find a time & work it out w/them. Don't beat yourself up too hard over the matter. People make mistakes and as long as you learnt from it, that's another important point too :)
Profile: heartfulDancer89
heartfulDancer89 on Jun 19, 2017
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When you hurt someone and you feel guilty about it, that's already a good sign, it means that you are a person who is trying to do the best you can, trying to improve. Acknowledge that, and accept that you are a human being, allowed to make mistakes and to learn by them. Make sure that you learn something from the experience, and, if possible, do your best to help the person you hurt to heal (if they allow you to). Forgiveness is a feeling just as much as it is an action. Love yourself and embrace the fact that you're not a bad person, you only made a bad deed. That doesn't have to define you... It only has to teach you how to do better next time. You can't change the past, but you can build a better future.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jun 25, 2017
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For me it's important to apologize to the person you hurt and make very clear that you regret it. For forgiving myself I promise to myself that it won't happen again and make sure I understand why I did it so I can prevent that situation from happening again.
Profile: shadygirl0526
shadygirl0526 on Jul 7, 2017
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Acceptance. Accept all your mistakes. Do you feel guilty enough? Have you tried to approach them to explain yourself?
Profile: Maddlyyy
Maddlyyy on Jul 13, 2017
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Understand you're only human. We all make mistakes and everyone has the chance to be forgiven. Don't be afraid to apologize to them.
Profile: Journey2Healing
Journey2Healing on Jul 21, 2017
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It can be very hard to forgive others, but often it is hardest to forgive ourselves. We are often so hard and critical of ourselves. I think that it's important for you to remember that beating yourself up over something that has happened is not going to solve the situation. However, when you forgive yourself and learn to accept the things you can't change, it'll help you become happier. I recommend the 7 Cups guide on forgiveness.
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jul 21, 2017
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It takes some time to heal sadly. Just do what you can to apologise to the person and try and make things right again and you'll start to feel better after some time has passed and it becomes water under the bridge
Profile: Anonymous
Anonymous on Jul 23, 2017
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Take the responsibility, empathise and think about why it happened. Then you are ready to be forgiven
Profile: pantspants
pantspants on Aug 18, 2017
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In my personal experience, it was hard to forgive myself, a lot of people will say with time it will come, but with time not only do we realize what we have done but it necessary we give ourselves that, if we try to forgive ourselves right away it may be hard, it was what I did and it took time, we should let it come to us and journal down or mock draft our feelings about the situation daily to see how it changes.
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