How Shame Keeps You Locked In Pandora's Box

If you don't want to talk about it--you're already locked in it. -Dr. Brené Brown & Tim Ferriss

*Shame Is The Leading Cause of Toxic Stress...

New research has revealed science has missed the leading cause of toxic stress, disability and sickness...
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The influence of shame on posttrauma disorders: have we failed to see the obvious?

Shame is a frequent, often poorly recognized sequel to trauma, occurring as a result of the meaning the individual places on the traumatic experience and on subsequent interpersonal and environmental events. Read more

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Shame on cortisol

Shame is an important and central human emotion, and a potent source of emotional and physiological arousal. However, shame is still largely ignored in stress research. Read more

*Ultimately, it is the trauma-shame cycle that is the leading cause (by far) of toxic stress...