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The body's way of policing you before anyone else gets the chance.
means Feeling embarrassed, guilty, or humiliated by something you've done or are.
from From Old English āscamian, 'to feel shame,' built from the intensifying prefix ā- and scamu, 'shame' — the same root that gives us 'shame' itself, possibly tied to a Germanic sense of 'covering' or 'hiding oneself,' the instinct to shrink away from being seen.
- blush mechanics
- Embarrassment dilates facial blood vessels involuntarily
- social glue
- Shame evolved to keep groups from exiling you
- distinct from guilt
- Guilt says I did bad, shame says I am bad
- universal face
- Slumped posture and lowered gaze read across cultures
- toxic dose
- Chronic shame strongly predicts depression and addiction
for instance
lucille ball's pregnancy — cbs refused to say the word 'pregnant' on i love lucy in 1952, forcing the show to use 'expecting' instead
the tuskegee syphilis study — us public health service withheld treatment from 399 black men for 40 years starting in 1932