Coming to terms with feelings of shame when we fail to meet our own standards or feel that we have disappointed others is a normal part of emotional development. Shame turns toxic when it suffuses a person's life, fuels addictions or depression, or turns into rage or self-sabotage. In this book the nature of shame and its relation to positive qualities such as pride and honour is investigated, while creative ways to heal shame's corrosive effects are suggested.
This book categorizes shame in many different ways - almost too many. But it has really good chapters on several of the types of shame with lots of practical exercises. One of the useful analogies in the book is a comparison between healing from shame and healing from frostbite. I'm finding this book to be really helpful in looking at shame in a different way, in letting myself experience the shame rather than run away from it, to hopefully be able to move beyond it. I highly recommend the book.
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