Someone in the mental health field once told me that guilt is a useless emotion. Guilt is different from remorse when we do something wrong. if you feel remorse you can make amends and take responsibility. just feeling guilty especially when it is unwarranted can control you into doing things that are unhealthy. Feeling remorse when i do something wrong keeps me honorable but feeling guilty especially over things that i cant control is something i just wont allow myself to do anymore. I look at guilt as a fact not a feeling. someone can be guilty but to allow yourself to go on a guilt trip is as my friend said a useless emotion. it is part of the control issues some of us have as if we could have done something to change the other person. Letting go of the guilt is an extremely freeing and positive action to take.