It was Kierkegaard who called attention to another source of guilt- the transgression against oneself, the failure to live the life allotted to one. As Rank put it:”When we protect ourselves from a too intensive or too quick living out or living up, we feel ourselves guilty on account of the unused life, the unlived life in us,” Repression is thus a double-edged sword; it provides safety and relief from anxiety, while at the same time it generates life restriction and a form of guilt, henceforth referred to as “existential guilt.