“It didn't take very long for me to reach the conclusion that there is nothing positive about shame. In any form, in any context and through any delivery system, shame is destructive. The idea that there are two types, healthy shame and toxic shame, did not bear out in any of my research.”
— Brené Brown, I Thought It Was Just Me(but it isn't): Making the Journey from "What Will People Think?" to "I Am Enough"
Tagged: Shame, Shaming, Why people are such dicks, eating disorders
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