Thursday, April 16, 2009

160 - The word shame

Shame is a natural, normal human emotion and serves us as a socialization
tool. Our discomfort with the word shame comes from at least two places. The
first is that the experience of shame can be very painful. The
second reason for our discomfort with the word is that we have all been taught
to feel ashamed of our shame and we've concluded that if we feel shame there
is something wrong with us. This isn't true but it does take time and work to
change our brains and our minds about this.
Ken

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