When I look at narcissism through the vulnerability lens, I see the shame-based fear of being ordinary. I see the fear of never feeling extraordinary enough to be noticed, to be lovable, to belong, or to cultivate a sense of purpose.
Brené BrownTags: fear self-worth shame narcissism
If we can share our story with someone who responds with empathy and understanding, shame can't survive.
Brené BrownTags: empathy shame listening speaking
Shame derives its power from being unspeakable.
Brené BrownTags: shame speaking disclosure
I was still searching for someone to blame for my suffering. I really wanted someone to transfer my hate to, so that I could stop hating myself.
Glenn BeckMidland City had a goddess of discord all its own. This was a goddess who could not dance, would not dance, and hated everybody at the high school. She would like to claw away her face, she told us, so that people would stop seeing things in it that had nothing to do with what she was like inside. She was ready to die at any time, she said, because what men and boys thought about her and tried to do to her made her so ashamed. One of the first things she was going to do when she got to heaven, she said, was to ask somebody what was written on her face and why had it been put there.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Tags: beauty shame depression face goddess self-concept
Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.
A.J. LieblingTags: cynicism shame inexperience shamefaced
No one tape her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness in your blood and they will run the other way,
Tama KievesTags: work shame guilt anger gifts obligation
To show his nervousness was not shameful; only to admit it.
Ernest HemingwayTags: shame honor nervousness
The wicked fear the good, because the good are a constant reproach to their consciences. The ungodly like religion in the same way that they like lions, either dead or behind bars; they fear religion when it breaks loose and begins to challenge their consciences.
Fulton J. SheenTags: morality religion atheism shame sin guilt immorality
Embarrassing facts, those would really help our children remember their classroom lessons better.
BauvardTags: humor education funny shame
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