Change Quote by 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

“THE INTERCONNECTION OF MEMORY IMPRINTS THAT FORM COLLAGES OF SHAME As shaming experiences accrue and are defended against, the images created by those experiences…

— 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

Once shame touches your being at any point, even the most distant nerve is implicated, whether you know it or not; any fleeting encounter…

— Stefan Zweig

How can the intensity of this shame be understood by those who have never experienced it? How can they understand the strength of the…

— Anonymous

“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

“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 is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

Shame produces trauma. Trauma produces paralysis.

— Bell Hooks

“Wherever the responsibility lies, shame creates a solid and terrible feeling of unworthiness that resides in our bodies: the storehouse of the memories of…

— Sharon Salzberg

“From the recovery experience of hundreds of thousands of people, we know that there is an effective way out of this constricting and binding…

— Charles L. Whitfield

“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