When you go through a traumatic event, there's a lot of shame that comes with that. A lot of loss of self-esteem. That can become debilitating.
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We all get damned in our lives, and there are ripple effects. One thing can determine a life, and it's hard to overcome that if the event is really traumatic. Your life is completely condemned by it.
Shame is such an intense emotion. It just can drive you.
There is so much shame and guilt in our society, and I think it has deprived a lot of people from living fully. We are all facing battles... We've all had someone who has hurt us. So let's talk about it.
When you have a traumatic event in your life, you change. You're not the same person you were, and you have to discover who you've become.
No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.
Post traumatic stress disorder starts out with nightmares, flashbacks and actually reliving the event. And this happens over and over and over and over in your mind. If you let it go on, it can become chronic and become hard if not impossible to treat.
If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.
A lot of times when you go through a very traumatic situation and it's emotionally difficult to deal with you come back spiritually stronger. It changes you in a way.
There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.
Shame is the most powerful, master emotion. It's the fear that we're not good enough.
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