emotion: shame

When shame becomes an internal voice, eventually it becomes hard to decipher the source. This develops into a humiliation ritual, one that is acted on in the mind and/or sought after in the physical. Needing evidence to support a lack of esteem, a reason to perpetuate the thoughts that exist. It becomes a trap of mental self harm, one where the actions now have to support internal beliefs. Shame is a reflection of self, a distortion of presence. Again, guilt and embarrassment can be gateways to shame, tools meant to belittle and manipulate.

Shame is a prison, a cage, an incubator of rejection. It’s separation from the whole, forced isolation.