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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Shame is a perplexing, painful feeling often triggered by rejection during vulnerable moments.
Chapter 3: Empathy is the remedy for shame: understanding others’ perspectives fully without judgment.
Chapter 4: Effectively handling shame requires recognizing it and understanding where it comes from.
Chapter 5: Critical awareness provides us a broader perspective on shame.
Chapter 6: Building connections with others heals us and them through mutual understanding and deep care.
Chapter 7: The illusion of perfection fuels shame, making it harder for us to care for others well.
Chapter 8: Anger tempts us to hide our shame, yet it ultimately makes everything worse for everyone.
Description
I Thought It Was Just Me (but it isn’t) (2008) is a guide to the visceral and thoroughly human emotion of shame. These blinks explain this complex feeling, discuss how it arises and describe ways in which empathy and connecting with one another can help humans heal.
Who Should Listen
- People who feel shame and want to know how to deal with it
- People who get angry for no reason and end up blaming others
- People who want to develop their empathy skills