Gay Men Going Deeper

Healing Shame

May 18, 2023

01:07:57

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AI Chapters

Episode notes

Introduction

4min

How Shame Affects Your Life as a Gay Man

1min

How to Hide a Big Part of Your Identity

4min

The Importance of Compensating for Shame

4min

How Shame Affects My Life

5min

The Masks of Sexual Trauma

4min

Toxic Shame and Shame

5min

How to Deal With Anti Social Behavior

3min

How to Identify Your Shame

6min

10.

How to Identify Your Shame

5min

11.

The Importance of Numbing Your Body

2min

12.

How to Identify Shame

5min

13.

The Gift of a Lifetime

2min

14.

How to Heal Shame

2min

15.

How to Heal Shame and Trauma

5min

16.

How to Heal Shame in Your Community

2min

17.

Healing Your Shame

4min

18.

The Seven Masks of Healing

3min

19.

Healing Your Shame and Building Better Relationships

3min

Shame is that terrible feeling that arises when you get the sense that something is fundamentally wrong about you. It is often accompanied by inadequacy and self-doubt. Shame convinces you that you are not enough.

Like it or not, shame plays a key role in the gay man’s life. Born into a straight world, we must contend with the fact that we are different. While we all have a unique way of dealing with shame, healing it is necessary if we want to develop an authentic sense of self and truly connect in our most intimate relationships.

We’ll be exploring 3 key questions: