Broken Halo Co. · Companion Tool
Guilt + Shame
Field Worksheet
This is for the part of recovery nobody wants to make cute: the difference between owning what happened and turning yourself into the sentence.
Core truth
Guilt says, “I did something that needs repair.” Shame says, “I am the damage.”
The work is not pretending nothing happened. The work is telling the truth without letting the worst chapter become your whole identity.
1. Name the guilt without dressing it up
2. Separate repair from punishment
3. The companion thought
Write the thought that keeps following you around. Then answer it like someone trying to rebuild instead of self-destruct.
4. Evidence this week
Do not argue with shame all day. Build evidence against it.
Closing line
You can be responsible without being reduced to the wreckage.