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Shame begets shame.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
The parenting rules used in most Western world families create massive shame. Add alcoholism, incest and physical abuse to these systems, and you get major dysfunctionality.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
The problem of toxic shame is ultimately a spiritual problem.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
shame was an innate feeling that could be internalized as a destructive identity.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
The major problem in our lives is to decide and clarify our responsibilities.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
A toxically shamed person is divided within himself and must create a false-self cover-up to hide his sense of being flawed and defective. You cannot offer yourself to another person if you do not know who you really are.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
Total self-love and acceptance is the only foundation for happiness and the love of others.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
Toxic shame is no longer an emotion that signals our limits; it is a state of being, a core identity.
John Bradshaw • Healing the Shame That Binds You
It is a healthy human feeling that can become a true sickness of the soul.