Contents
- Introduction. The pandemic no one is talking about
- Chapter 1. The virus in your head: How the mechanism of self-destruction works
- Chapter 2. How the virus enters the system: Childhood and evolution
- Chapter 3. The body remembers everything: How guilt turns into pain
- Chapter 4. Self-criticism as a “cognitive virus”
- Chapter 5. The cultural code and the forgiveness market: How history wrote the virus program
- First interlude. Maria. Wittenberg, 1515
- Chapter 6. Totalitarianism: Guilt as a political weapon
- Second interlude. Maxim. Moscow, 1937
- Chapter 7. Collective guilt of nations: Trauma, memory, and healing
- Chapter 8. Cults: Guilt as a mechanism of absolute control
- Chapter 9. Archaic rituals: When confession becomes a weapon of control
- Third interlude. Anna. Salem, 1692
- Chapter 10. Busting the “sunlight myth”: data versus intuition
- Chapter 11. Cultural matrices of guilt and depression: A global overview
- Fourth interlude. Sachiko. Tokyo, 1970
- Chapter 12. Social consequences: How guilt becomes shackles
- Chapter 13. Evidence-based therapy: Scientific methods for healing
- Chapter 14. Prevention: How not to pass guilt on to our children and society
- Chapter 15. Healing after guilt: From the everyday to freedom
- Chapter 16. Long-term maintenance: How to stay free of guilt
- A final message
- Section 2. Recommended reading
- Section 3. Online resources and platforms
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