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Why good deeds sometimes increase guilt

I've been volunteering at the food bank for six months thinking it would make me feel better about my privilege, but I just feel more guilty and disconnected from the people I'm supposedly helping.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Performative virtue can amplify rather than resolve the underlying discomfort with one's position in an unequal world.

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