Tag: toxic shame
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You Did Not Deserve That
from an IFS (Internal Family Systems) session with one of my teenage parts Self-love used to be dangerous. It was much safer to believe I was worthless, to shrink, to erase myself completely. I look at the 14-year-old part of me, standing in my mind’s eye; my own frizzy hair, that green striped shirt I…
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Toxic Shame: The Insidious Force that Can Rot Your Mental Health
“Shame, when toxic, is a paralyzing global assessment of oneself as a person. When severe, it can form the lens through which all self-evaluation is viewed… Everyone experiences shame at some time, but not everyone is ruled by toxic or overwhelming shame. Some researchers suggest that shame comes about from repeatedly being told, not that…
Taylor Michelle Blanchard 