Sentences with phrase «guilt over the act»

Second, perhaps because I was raised in a religious community where sex was frowned upon, I was usually so racked with guilt over the act itself that I didn't want to be truly seen.

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Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr), out of guilt from his participation in these incidences, is in favor of an official act sanctioned by over one hundred countries to put the Avenger's actions in the hands of the U.N. to dictate if and when they are ever needed again.

I became increasingly attached to Pendleton, only hoping for a happy end to a story of self - torture and guilt over a heartless act of cruelty on the part of Pendleton in the intro moments of the game.

In no particular order, there are the Leftist economists for whom global warming represents a supreme example of market failure (as well as a wonderful opportunity to suggest correctives), UN apparatchiks for whom global warming is the route to global governance, Third world dictators who see guilt over global warming as providing a convenient claim on aid (ie, the transfer of wealth from the poor in rich countries to the wealthy in poor countries), Environmental activists who love any issue that has the capacity to frighten the gullible into making hefty contributions to their numerous NGOs, Crony capitalists who see the immense sums being made available for «sustainable» energy, Government regulators for whom the control of a natural product of breathing is a dream come true, Newly minted billionaires who find the issue of «saving the planet» appropriately suitable to their grandiose pretensions, Politicians who can fasten on to CAGW as a signature issue where they can act as demagogues without fear of contradiction from reality or complaint from the purported beneficiaries of their actions.

In adolescents, symptoms may include acting out, aggressive behaviours, delinquency, nightmares, trauma and guilt over one's own survival (Hicks et al., 1993).