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- The paper explores shame as a stress response triggered by perceiving oneself negatively through someone else's eyes.
- It discusses how shame can lead to feelings of depression and self-harm when attempts at mending relationships fail, and how it can also provoke aggression in response to perceived threats to self-worth.
- The author aims to show that different forms of shame are linked to experiences of interpersonal trauma, suggesting that understanding these responses can enhance research in this area.
Article Abstract
This paper conceptualizes shame as an acute stress response to an unacceptable view of oneself mediated through another's perspective. After reviewing the developmental antecedents and ontogenetic role of shame, the author first illustrates how shame may induce a depressive paralysis and self-hurtful intent when the goal of reconciliation is thwarted. She then addresses how shame ignited by narcissistic injury can mobilize aggressive behavior toward others, motivated by a need to restore the self. The goals of this paper are to demonstrate that the configurations of shame are manifestations of interpersonal traumatization, to define them as predictable stress responses that activate specific goal-directed behaviors, and to propose the use of these conceptualizations in the empirical study of interpersonal traumatization.
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