Tagged With "shame"

New understanding of the brain provides hope for breaking the painful grip of shame that’s imprinted in childhood and continues to affect adults. Rewiring shame calls for more than the traditional left brain approaches.

Hi everyone! We hope you are having a great Wellness Wednesday. Today we would like to share an article from Glenn R. Schiraldi, Ph.D. which was published in Psychology Today. It relates to how we can rewire shame from childhood that persists into adulthood. Excerpt - "Even after disturbing memories from childhood have been reworked, lingering remnants of shame can disrupt one’s peace and sense of wholeness in adulthood." Dr. Schiraldi proposes practical ways to rework shame from caregivers...

Trauma can create intense feelings of unworthiness and leave us withdrawing from those who care for us and those we have shared intimate and personal relationships with. Many times because of our vulnerability after experiencing a traumatic event, our insecurities ' rear it's ugly head' . This manifests itself in a shame response and can often generate feelings of helplessness, changing our narrative of ourself. Shame affects our perceptions, not only of ourselves but also how we perceive...