I was caught shoplifting yesterday. I did it a lot in my teen years (I’m 21, so not so long ago). Anyway, I did it yesterday on a small item, I don’t know why I did it…but I got caught. The store/police decided to not press charges so I’m just banned from the store and have to pay a fine, but I feel incredibly sick about everything. Just thinking about the incident, moments when I was being interrogated, the terror of being caught, the shame of walking out of the store with the police…I feel ill about it and I feel like it’s eating away at me. I was advised not to contact the store for any reason so now I’m stuck feeling like there’s nothing I could do to alleviate the pit I feel in my stomach.
