When a child's caregivers are unable to notice, accept, and respond to a particular need or emotion of the child or if its needs or emotions are neglected shame will develop and those needs and/or emotions will become shame-bound. For example: If a child's need for touch is not responded to or if it is shamed, as an adult their need for touch will cause them shame and inhibit their having this need fulfilled. Another example: If a child is punished/shamed for feeling sad, as an adult they will be unable to feel sadness without its accompanying shame.
Peace,
Ken
www.kenlewiscounselor.net
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