Guilt

People who are feeling depressed and people who are trauma survivors often live with an overwhelming sense of guilt. Guilt can be experienced as a general feeling that you are not a good person or that you have done something wrong. 

Oftentimes in therapy you will discover that this feeling is actually being put into you by another person. This can be a person in your life who wants you to do something (for them) or be a certain way (that serves them). Once you learn to stop trying to live up to someone else’s standards and expectations, your guilty feelings will dissipate.