Abuse Quote by John Bradshaw

“When children have shame-based parents, they identify with them. This is the first step in the child’s internalizing shame because the children carry their…

— John Bradshaw

“SHAME AS AN IDENTITY (THE INTERNALIZATION PROCESS) Any human emotion can become internalized. When internalized, an emotion stops functioning as an emotion and becomes…

— John Bradshaw

“To be severed and alienated within oneself also creates a sense of unreality. One may have an all-pervasive sense of never quite belonging, of…

— John Bradshaw

“INTERCONNECTION OF IMAGERY Another way that internalization occurs is by internalizing images. These internal images can be of a shaming person, place or actual…

— John Bradshaw

“This transformation involves three dynamics: 1. The identification with shame-based models and the carrying of their unexpressed shame. 2. The trauma of abandonment and…

— John Bradshaw

“Shame weakens us. It can make us frightened to take on something new. We start to withdraw from whatever might give us pleasure, self-esteem,…

— Sharon Salzberg

“The triggering event and resulting shame is worse than being rejected because rejection assumes a path by which to return to acceptability. The fear…

— Dan B. Allender

“And if we all have shame, the good news is that we’re all capable of developing shame resilience. Shame resilience is the ability to…

— Brené Brown

Similarly, the impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely…

— Annie Dillard

“Shame is the bane of my existence both as a trauma therapist and as a survivor, as it is one of the most difficult…

— Amanda Ann Gregory

“The awareness of human separation, without reunion by love—is the source of shame. It is at the same time the source of guilt and…

— Erich Fromm

“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown