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Ever wonder why so many of us lose our voice precisely at the moment we need to ask for help?
Credit shame, the pivotal emotion that drives self-defeating behavior, together with all-or-nothing thinking, our most common cognitive distortion.
“Shame,” much like “stress,” means different things to different people. Here, shame refers to our ongoing sense that we are imperfect. Our sense of an imperfect self can, however, serve us well - provided we accept it and are open about it with other human beings. Then it generates empathy and positive spiritual connections.
But all too often shame is toxic; we are convinced we are less than or unworthy, that we deserve to be rejected. We automatically believe that, at all costs, we must not reveal our true selves. We fear that if we do, other people will want nothing to do with us.
