As a frenchman, brought in a very catholic/military traditional upbringing, guilt, shame and duty are an inner part of how I behave.

It took some time (around 28 years, actually) to fully understand the ramifications of those concepts in my day-to-day life.

It includes, but is not limited to :

Part of these behaviours led me to experience objectively good and/or interesting situations :

However, it also is limitating in that some behaviours or tricks can easily get me off balance and lower the efficiency with which I deal with the causes I root for :