Shame for me personally, the way that I would describe it, it keeps you stuck because it's a feeling of defeat.

Like you're disappointed in something that you've done or something that happens to you and it's hard to move past it.

So when you're stuck in shame, you're stuck in that place.

Shame comes from so many different places, whether it's family or religion or sexuality. Each individual deals with

it differently. I think when you keep it to yourself, you're giving it power that it doesn't

need. And then all of a sudden when you say it and it's known, it just that power kind of goes away.

A lot of the times we don't challenge our thoughts. We think just because the thought came to our

mind,

then that thought is true.

But sometimes having other people around,

they can help you challenge that thought.

If you can't do it yourself.

It is hard to open up and say the things

that you are shameful about.

And I think that that's natural,

because it's like you want people to see the best in you. Vulnerability is a skill that you can learn.

It's something that you can learn how to be more,

and it's really challenging at first.

Something recently happened to me at work,

which I told her about,

and I felt really just, like, frustrated

and, like, embarrassed that it had happened.

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