Guilt?

A friend and I were talking about this the other day. She said she feels her husband feels a lot of guilt over things that he has done over the years in their marriage etc. They are in MC and IC as well. She tells me that when she had mentioned it to her counselor, the counselor said sometimes people who feel a lot of guilt don't always fix things, or change, they actually can go in the opposite direction. The guilt can make things worse for them and make them do even worse things. Well their time ran out and she didn't get to ask what they meant by that. So my question is, have you ever felt a lot of guilt over something, and not tried to fix things? The guilt made things worse etc? Or it made you do even more worse things than before? Even if you haven't experienced that, does anyone know why some people who feel guilt the guilt alone is not enough for them to try and fix things? I would think if someone felt guilty they would want to try and make things right, but apparently not always? Thoughts?

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