Tag: Shame
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Emotional Eating: When Food Becomes Regulation
Read more: Emotional Eating: When Food Becomes RegulationFood can meet hunger and offer comfort while another need remains unresolved. Emotional eating becomes easier to understand when we…
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Devaluation of Others
Read more: Devaluation of OthersA specific hurt can harden into a verdict about an entire person. Devaluation of others may protect us from shame…
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Devaluation of the Self as a Defense Mechanism
Read more: Devaluation of the Self as a Defense MechanismA harsh judgment of ourselves can seem like honesty while also protecting us from shame, uncertainty, or disappointment. This article…
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Social Emotions: Belonging, Attachment, Shame and Guilt
Read more: Social Emotions: Belonging, Attachment, Shame and GuiltA friend remembers a difficult anniversary. Someone we admire seems distracted while we speak. We notice the hurt on a…
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Losing Face and Saving Face in Goffman’s Theory
Read more: Losing Face and Saving Face in Goffman’s TheoryLosing face can make an ordinary mistake feel like a threat to who we are. Erving Goffman’s theory reveals how…
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Shame and Anger: When Feeling Exposed Leads to Defensiveness
Read more: Shame and Anger: When Feeling Exposed Leads to DefensivenessA missed agreement can become an argument about character when criticism touches a painful sense of inadequacy. Following one couple’s…
