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Blame is something that can help us and hurt us.

We use blame to regulate our feelings and to seek justice in the face of harm.

Too often the causes of anxiety, depression, or self-harm are fueled by self-blame.

Self-care in the face of self-blame is found in seeking help to untangle the suffering that you don't deserve.

We blame nature, we blame God, and we blame our enemies, spouses, and ourselves. We even blame politicians for never taking the blame!

Blame means to hold responsible, to find fault with, or to censure someone or something that has happened, has failed to happen, or has had a negative impact in some way.

We use blame for the regulation of feelings, the reparation of harm, and the restoration of order on personal, interpersonal, and broadly social levels.

In the best of circumstances, blame for wrongdoing, once acknowledged, results in apology, concessions to meet the demands of restorative justice, or punishment to meet the demands of retributive justice.

With Toyota's commercial truck company's agreement to pay 1.6 million for faking emissions tests, we see evidence of justice resulting from blame.

When a partner takes on the blame for their infidelity as the cause of heartache and disruption in a........

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