Lets Talk About Shame

CG Jung said “Shame is a soul eating emotion.” And I know a lot of people, especially trans people, in many situations feel intense shame. So lets talk about it!

Let me add one more quote, this time by Brené Brown: “Shame is the intensely painful feeling or experience of believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging.” My mother tried to raise me without any violence, in sharp contrast to her own upbringing. Instead she used sentences like “What will the other kids think of you, if you […]” to gently push me to do what she wanted me to do. Only that this wasn’t gentle. She had the best intentions, but this left deep marks on my self-worth and behavior. It took decades to understan an overcome this.