Not exact matches
Emotional abuse --- religious concepts such as sin, hell,
cause feelings of
guilt,
shame, fear,
and other types of emotional «baggage» which can scar the psyche for life.
When people try to trick Jesus, as they often do, He does not consign them to everlasting slavery, but instead tries to liberate
and free them from the fear, the
shame, the
guilt,
and the thinking which
causes them to behave this way (cf. Matthew 22:23 - 46).
Evangelicals committed to this
cause care for the whole - life needs of the woman in crisis — from emotional support to job training to childcare to adoption services, as well as with a Gospel that can free us from
guilt and shame.
What makes abortion «awful» is the
shame and guilt caused by two heavily ideological notions that all women in the society still learn to some degree: (1) the association of fetus with «baby»
and the aborting woman with «bad mother,»
and (2) the assumption that sex for pleasure is «wrong» (for women)
and that women who indulge in it have to pay a price.
It's long past time to recognize this woman for what she is, a cult leaders whose empirical claims have no basis in fact, whose recommendations have
caused countless preventable neonatal deaths,
and who uses
shame and guilt to discipline her followers.
Alfie Kohn's New York Times article, «When A Parent's «I Love You» Means «Do As I Say»,» explores the damage this kind of «conditional parenting» (recommended by experts like talk show host Phil McGraw
and Jo Frost of «Supernanny»)
causes, as the child grows to resent, distrust
and dislike his parents, feel
guilt,
shame,
and a lack of self - worth.
Thirdly: If a book doesn't acknowledge point number two then it is likely to be
causing guilt or
shame to be felt by those who don't agree with the experiences of the author
and is therefore one which I would see as
causing readers to lose their own sense of self.
This vicious cycle
causes us to stay stuck in
guilt,
shame,
and fear.
Ironically, painful feelings such as aloneness, emptiness, anxiety, sadness, jealousy, fear,
guilt and shame - feelings that we tend to see as problems unto themselves — are often symptoms of a deeper root
cause: physical, emotional
and spiritual self - abandonment.
Couples experiencing infertility often suffer marital discord due to stress from several sources including the financial strain of invasive high tech infertility treatments that can cost tens of thousands of dollars
and have no guarantee of success; the emotional strain —
shame,
guilt and inadequacy — that many men
and women endure as they struggle with the inability to produce biological children;
and the physical strain from treatments that involve hormone
and other drug therapies that can
cause fatigue, nausea, headaches, mood swings, weight gain
and disruption of the sleep cycle.
Difficult emotions like anger, fear, sadness,
guilt,
and shame are part of being alive
and are meant to help protect us, but when they get out of control, these emotions can also
cause severe pain.
Secrets, hidden behaviors,
guilt,
and shame will
cause you to emotionally detach,
and your partner will pick up on the inaccessibility
and unresponsiveness.
These behaviours can
cause stigma in the eyes of the community
and shame and guilt in the patient.
Infidelity
causes intense feelings of anger, betrayal, disbelief,
guilt,
and shame.