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How guilt creates false connections between actions and consequences

I cheated on my wife and she got cancer six months later, and I can't stop thinking that I caused this through some kind of karmic mechanism.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The mind's need to find patterns can create causal relationships where none exist, amplifying shame and preventing healing.

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