Guilt and Shame 

There are two kinds of guilt. True guilt and false guilt.  True guilt occurs when you have disobeyed a law, an authoritative figure or God.  False guilt occurs when someone tells you are guilty when, in fact, you are not.  The latter tends to occur early in life when well-meaning or not-so-well meaning adults tell children they are guilty.  They use well-meaning phrases such as:  "Now don't you be angry." When we are truly guilty, we need to ask God for forgiveness.  We know he will because of what He says in 1 John 1:9. Shame occurs when we do not live up to our own ideal.  The remedy for shame is not more forgiveness, but the acceptance of God's forgiveness.