Shame
topic on 2 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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Kennedy: Shame Triggers an Animal Freeze Response That Prevents Learning
“The thing about shame is it's a freeze response. It's like an animal defense state. Like, we talk a lot about fight or flight, but there's other animal defense states, too, right? And one of them is freeze, right? And so if someone's frozen, you can't, like, g…”
Spohr: Men Are Conditioned into Destructive Shame When They Experience Failure
“Men are programmed to always be strong, to never fail, to always have an answer, to always be capable, and if you fail on those things, it's shameful. You have failed as a man. And I think that's something guys need to get over.”
Shah: The fastest path from shame to normalcy is pride
“I found an interesting hypothesis that the fastest way to make somebody feel okay about what they're ashamed of is to make them feel proud about it. For example, the path to from shame to normalcy is through pride which has obviously used and misused in differ…”