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I have already said in another post that I recognise in Frodo's sufferings an echo of the sufferings of Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD). There is indeed a very real internal battle which Frodo is fighting; his agonies are a very real internal evil. He is battling an urge simply to give up. This urge to give up is in itself an 'evil'; what could be more wasteful than giving up your own life?
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Probably you're right, and I am wrong. But I'm not persuaded - I'm inclined to view the case of Frodo as an exeption - his utterances during his crises are not of self-blame, but of thirst, desire - he
misses the Ring. It's more like to what drug addict goes through - I mean drug addict who, mentally, is resolute to quit, has, in fact, quitted, but his body is still in the habit of having the drug and is in pain for it. Without drug nothing seems joyful to the body.
That's what is supposedly to be healed in the West, not his guilt. If he were feeling guilty, his behavior on Cormallen must have been a hypocrisy.