Shame and Child Sex Abuse

I have deep gratitude to  Anneke Lucas for her considerable courage, compassion, and effort that she has taken to heal herself and to facilitate healing of others from the shame that was never theirs to begin with.

I share her words below as well as the link to her blog post. Her post may have triggers for some. I also share the link to her work in prisons. May we all be healed and become whole.

https://annekelucas.com/…/shame-is-the-psychic-package…
(Trigger warning)

Liberation Prison Yoga
http://www.liberationprisonyoga.com

THE FUNCTION OF SHAME:
“Shame is meant to help regulate our behavior. Since it is such an uncomfortable feeling, we would want to avoid repeating actions that cause us to feel it. “

WHY THE VICTIM FEELS SHAME:
“During abuse, a package of shame, unconnected to any actions of the victim, is transferred from the abuser to the victim.”

WHY THE ABUSER DOES NOT FEEL SHAME:
“Psychopaths, who have no conscience, experience no shame. This is not because psychopaths have transcended shame, but rather that they have no access to it. … The abuse is to the abuser the only apparent means to rid him or herself of their own package of shame, delivered through the same or similar abuse.”

THE CONSEQUENCES OF SHUTTING DOWN SHAME:
“Thus, psychopaths are fooled into making themselves believe they are gods, and thus trauma-based repression of shame from the psychopaths at the top of the power paradigm, is causing a global shift into shamelessness and the decline of morals.”

Anneke Lucas.

19 September 2017