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Five Proven Steps to Free Yourself from Guilt for Good!
I came across this book while scouring the library shelves for something on topic of dealing with shame. Guilt and shame are close relatives. This book defines guilt as feeling bad about something you've done, and shame as feeling bad about who you are. Hmm... I could relate to that.
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Last Updated on Monday, 27 July 2009 16:53 |
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Read more... [Escaping Toxic Guilt by Susan Carrell, RN, LPC]
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I recognize shame in myself as the fear of what other people think about me. While many people feel shameful about a specific event that has happened to them or something they've done in the past, for me it's more a general fear of what other people are thinking based on my own feelings of unworthiness. It makes me feel self-conscious, restricts my movements and actions, leaving me feeling trapped. It's common for many people to feel a sense of shame about themselves. At an anger management workshop I recently attended, I felt free to dance uninhibitedly at the end while I noticed the girl next to me being much more constricted. Healing shame is a process, and she was slowly releasing her inhibitions as she was making progress. Shame is still one of my main areas of frustration with myself, but I have come a long way when it comes to healing my own shame and being free to be myself.
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Read more... [Shame]
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One of the rules that had to be obeyed when I was growing up was: Don't run in the house, because you might break something. Walk instead. Stay calm. Don't get too excited. Getting excited might cause you to hurt yourself, something or someone else. It also seemed to irritate the grown-ups; it seemed that grown-ups just weren't supposed to get excited. Not when they were happy anyway. The only time grown-ups seemed to get excited was when they were angry; and then there seemed to no limits to how excited they were allowed to get. The rest of the time they seemed to be holding their excitement inside; holding back all the time. But when they were really angry, they were allowed to really let loose. I found that terrifying. I would have got in real trouble if I'd acted like that, but grown-ups were allowed different rules to me so it seemed. I learned that I wasn't allowed to get excited no matter how I felt.
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Read more... [Anger Management by Crockery]
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