What is Shame?
What is Shame?
Shame is a painful feeling that there is something wrong with you as a person, not just with what you did.
Shame is a painful feeling that there is something wrong with you as a person, not just with what you did.
Self‑criticism is the process; the inner-critic is the character people give that process so it can be seen, questioned, and resolved.
Feelings of inadequacy are the internal story that you are “less than.” They feel very real, but they are stories learned from experience and comparison and not fixed facts about who you are.