{"id":1290,"date":"2017-10-09T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sinews.es\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2021-07-20T13:57:09","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T13:57:09","slug":"forgiveness-as-a-tool-for-psychological-wellbeing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sinews.es\/en\/el-perdon-como-herramienta-para-el-bienestar-psicologico\/","title":{"rendered":"Forgiveness as a Tool for Psychological Wellbeing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forgiveness is a word we have all heard before, we\u00b4ve been taught we \u201cshould\u201d forgive and we\u00b4ve all made our own interpretations of the word. How many times have we seen little children having to give a kiss and say sorry? Forgiveness is something that we\u00b4ve supposedly learnt to do as we grew up. But when given a deeper thought, do we know what forgiveness is? Do we know how to forgive?<\/p>\n

The subject of forgiveness seems to be tainted by culture, religion and personal factors. Therefore, throughout this article we will take a look into what forgiveness really is and how we forgive from a psychological perspective.<\/p>\n<\/div>

Definition<\/span><\/h2><\/div>
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Enright and Fitzgibbons defined forgiveness as\u00a0\u201cthe desire and willful abandon of the right to feel resentment and related responses towards a wrongdoer, whilst endeavoring to respond based on the moral principle of beneficence, which may include compassion, unconditional worth, generosity, and moral love (to which the wrongdoer, by nature of the hurtful act or acts, has no right)\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u00b4s important to understand that forgiveness is an internal process the individual actively chooses to make and does not depend on the offender, it\u00b4s the jump from feeling a victim to feeling a survivor. Forgiveness is a gift that one chooses to make.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>