The Importance of Shame in Mental Health

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I think getting rid of shame is a really important part of I often find when you see like MPs being appalled by things I always find it just quite revealing when they do a tweet. It used to be depression was seen purely as a flaw and people like Brian E Gordon have done amazing things in that kind of area, but now we're seeing real life examples rather than abstracted rants in the Daily Mail. People's minds change very quickly when they are presented with real life examples rather than these abstracted rans in the DailyMail. going to stop flowing well I mean yeah yeah and where the things are presented in the context of shame I think that's really important I think

Welcome to the Wintering Sessions with Katherine May.

This week Katherine chats to journalist and writer Alexandra Heminsley, author of Some Body to Love. After infertility treatment, a challenging pregnancy and a sexual assault, Alex found her relationship drifting apart for reasons she couldn’t fully understand. But when her partner finally disclosed that they wanted to transition to being a woman, Alex had to come to terms with something she never expected: being part of a LBTQIA+ family. In this conversation, she explores her compassionate response to her former partner’s needs, how it has changed her viewpoint on life, and how life can be remade in the face of the unexpected.

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