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Listening for Shame in Psychotherapy, Ep. 157

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The Benefits of Shame and Guilt

Shame is the fear of disconnection because we're wired for connection so shame in low to moderate amounts could be motivating and self-correcting. In excess it becomes unmanageable it starts to interfere and are functioning yeah what I would say. June Tagney recently has been doing more research on how is shameWhat is the benefit to shame? We want to live by certain moral principles but there can be maladaptive guilt.

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