Shame

Uses

How it works

Benefits

Highlighted claims

• Shame is an automatic neurological reflex response to trauma, not a reasoned conclusion — the person feels shame first and then constructs post-hoc justifications. — Emotional Health in Perimenopause: Trauma, Shame, and Resilience
• Shame functions like a virus — self-replicating and invisible — closing off the curiosity and connection needed for healing through its primary mechanism of avoidance. — Emotional Health in Perimenopause: Trauma, Shame, and Resilience
• The intervention for maladaptive shame is to surface it, identify where the attribution is pointing, and examine whether that attribution is accurate — in the vast majority of cases the shame is not earned. — Emotional Health in Perimenopause: Trauma, Shame, and Resilience
• The fear of examining shame is consistently worse than the examination itself. — Emotional Health in Perimenopause: Trauma, Shame, and Resilience
• Shame is not always maladaptive: when a person is genuinely harming others, it serves a corrective behavioral function with survival value. — Emotional Health in Perimenopause: Trauma, Shame, and Resilience