How do I get myself to stop feeling guilty if I didn't do anything wrong? and did I do something wrong?

You've already acknowledged that you didn't do anything wrong, but you still have an uncomfortable feeling about the incident that you are labeling as 'guilt'. It would be good to sit for a second and acknowledge all of your feelings about the incident to possibly reveal what's really going on. You said: "I'm worried that if I do better than last time I am not going to be able to feel proud of my hard work because I will feel guilty of my lack of self control."

Here's what you think:

1. You want to feel proud.

2. It shows a lack of control to look at anything other than your paper during a test.

It sounds like you already are not feeling proud of yourself. The experience was not fulfilling to you. You expected to do well and feel good about yourself, yet you do not.

I think you should reward yourself somehow for completing this test.

Do something that makes you feel happy now. Call a friend and make a date to hang out. If you really can't let this go, then make an appointment for a session with a therapist. One session could knock this one out probably.

Feeling guilty will get you no where you want to be. Realistically, you just have to take responsibility for your actions. Sex and Love require responsible people for anything good to come of you being a couple. By being responsible, if there's a chance,and it sounds like there is, you could be intimate, PLEASE PLEASE use birth control! Both of you are still young and haven't fully matured yet, and you won't until your about 25. I'm not talking about emotionally, but PHYSICALLY. You're gonna have raging HORMONES now, and it's damn hard not to act on them. Just remember you are a neonate in the world of "sexuality", it's like going to the fair and spending all your $ and tickets in the first 1/2 hour of the event that'll be going on for a week. In the present sense, you'll be a "sexual" woman you're entire life, baby steps until you know what you are comfortable with and can live with and not damage your self-esteem. Neither of you are "evil" you're just growing up!

If you didn't actually find out what that other person's answers were and compare them to yours, then that's not cheating. The best way to make yourself stop feeling guilty is just to give it some time and let it wear off. You'll feel better soon.

You have to remind yourself that while you were "in the moment", it was not your intent to cheat and you did not use any of the information.

I have similar issues at times, usually when I look at the past and say that I could have done something differently and if someone else looked at it with the knowledge that I had now, they would think I did something wrong.

I tell myself that what I did then, I did so in a vacuum of information, not what I know now, only with what I knew then. My intentions were good, and I am a good person.

It works sometimes and not sometimes.

I am sorry you are suffering over this.

It will pass.

Good luck on your score and feel proud of yourself if you do well.

If you don't, retry.

So long as none of her answers landed on your paper, you're clear. But I wouldn't trust myself in the future. Go to the back of the room so there is no opportunity.

You're okay, nothing to feel guilty about, just be careful next time.

TX Mom

don't worry.its human nature to look around...its fine.if you know you didn't cheat then that's all that matters..i do it all the time.but i never cheat.sometimes ill see how far they are..on a minor test just to see if im going really slow but under no circumstance do i ever cheat.So its ok.

omg i do tht too!

i have like wandering eyes just to see how far someone is!

its ok!

i think of it as a way of pacing myself.

just dont get caught bc the teacher will definetally nottt understand.

ugh.

lol :)