Two Origin Of Sense Of Guilty

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Afterwards, Chen realized his guilt and what he did is wrong because the "sense of guilty", he want compromise with his girl friend, at least he do not want to get in trouble. Chen violated a court order not to contact his girlfriend from jail. He called his girlfriend from jail and demanded that she drop the charges, tell a different story, and destroy evidence. Freud argued that two origin of sense of guilt: one arising from fear of an authority, one arising from authority(89). When he was arrested, he know his case is serious. He is scared, he scared that he will lose the love of his girl friend, and if his parents know what happened, he will also lost the love of his parents. In addition, he fear the court will give him a serious punishment.

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