Once Upon a Time, Shame Lived Here
"Shame derives its power from being unspeakable... if we cultivate enough awareness about shame, to name it and speak to it, we've basically cut it off at the knees." Brene Brown Shame (noun): a feeling of sorrow, regret, disgust, or guilt as a result of something done Shame (verb): to cause someone to feel inadequate and ashamed of self by way of action or word Shame: A b*tch It's that silent thing we carry and don't talk about because God forbid they know what really happened. God forbid all your skeletons take off that which you've covered them in and bear themselves for all to see. It's the thing that keeps us up at night, replaying every scenario in our head-- questioning what we could have done to make it all right. It makes us our own martyr-- because God forbid we put the weight down, would we even be the same people? Sometimes we carry shame subconsciously, forgetting its roots until something or someone does something that triggers us into