Shame As A Prison

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    A sad reality about Complex Trauma is not just that it results in shame; it's that the shame becomes a prison, keeping us from changing, growing, becoming healthy. Tim explores the many sophisticated layers of security in this prison that all work to prevent us from escaping - from growing.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 251

  • @rltreasure
    @rltreasure 18 днів тому +35

    My shame started with controlling, threatening and verbally abusive people in the form of two hate filled parents! Shame on them!

    • @andriyandriychuk
      @andriyandriychuk 16 днів тому +3

      Same to me. Always criticised

    • @drc0816
      @drc0816 День тому

      Lots of THAT in this world. Know you aren't alone. 😢

  • @Kittykittycatcat78
    @Kittykittycatcat78 19 днів тому +98

    It seems like shame is the ultimate abusive relationship

    • @cristianm7097
      @cristianm7097 День тому

      Pavlovian conditioning through shame and fear.

  • @Lyrielonwind
    @Lyrielonwind 19 днів тому +57

    What an accurate description of the shame spiral! The details of singing while cleaning and remembering my siblings making fun of me. For some reason, in my family singing for the sake of singing and expression is a sign of madness and showing unexplained joy for being alive is shameful. How bitter they were at seeing joy! How miserable must be a person to be bothered by someone else's joy!
    Thanks again, Tim.
    I'm going to save this piece of art because I know I will need to hear it again to battle and not get stuck in any trench.

    • @saulbeiza7303
      @saulbeiza7303 18 днів тому +1

      Me too dam

    • @Lyrielonwind
      @Lyrielonwind 12 днів тому

      ​@@saulbeiza7303
      This is now the second time I hear it 😂

    • @Indrid_cold777
      @Indrid_cold777 10 днів тому +1

      Indeed , this is actual artwork made out of Truth.

    • @personne7542
      @personne7542 День тому

      I HATE when someone sings or whistles around me. My mother and sibling did this all the time. But I tried to not shame them for it, even though it invaded my auditory space and made me miserable.

  • @fleabag6477
    @fleabag6477 18 днів тому +56

    It feels like i just cant change, I know I'm aware of my shame, my people-pleasing ways, my control issues, perfectionism, caring too much about the opinions and thoughts of other, I am paralysed and stuck in anxiety, I feel hopeless some times so I try my best to keep to myself now and isolate myself, being around others is so so exhausting I am always on alert, always on edge

    • @Johannastairwellstudio
      @Johannastairwellstudio 17 днів тому +6

      Same

    • @caq1116
      @caq1116 14 днів тому +4

      Oh my God, You have said exactly what I think 🤔. We will win, brother. It is a large path buy We will overcome. (My first language is Spanish sorry 😊)

    • @louisecampbell2628
      @louisecampbell2628 12 днів тому

      OH MY you just descibed me😮

    • @williamstark9568
      @williamstark9568 11 днів тому +3

      Your english is better than my spanish. Celebrate your accomplishment!

    • @caq1116
      @caq1116 11 днів тому +1

      @@williamstark9568 Oww thank youuuuu. I will improve. By the way, I hope You get better :)

  • @starbright1400
    @starbright1400 19 днів тому +87

    If only you were my therapist 30 years ago, wasted decades on "therapy" that went nowhere 😢😢😢

    • @MarkThrive
      @MarkThrive 18 днів тому +8

      Same! I used to be resentful in so many ways for those wasted years!
      What a story we will have as we finally become grounded... integrating our parts and becoming emotionally regulated! Don't give up... you are resilient ❤️‍🩹

    • @CorePathway
      @CorePathway 18 днів тому +9

      Most therapists are clueless or are cowards. Go to a new primary care physician and they will do a medical history including family history on the first visit. If therapists did the same, first visit, it would be FVCKING OBVIOUS what the issues are. Now the resolution isn’t easy, but at least the WHY would be out in the open.

    • @helenwarren5217
      @helenwarren5217 18 днів тому +4

      I have lived with shame so long.I am 79 years old and think it's hopeless.I have been to therapy for years.I thought I was done with it but when I got into a relationship with and emotional toxic relationship with a narcissist.The shame is worst than it has ever been.I relapsed in that relationship but I have 9 yrs now but it's so painful .l feel like a imposter in recovery.

    • @Johannastairwellstudio
      @Johannastairwellstudio 17 днів тому +1

      Same

    • @patoclas4058
      @patoclas4058 16 днів тому +2

      Please be careful with the term 'emotionally regulated' ... sounds robotic

  • @tammyhiatt1804
    @tammyhiatt1804 18 днів тому +21

    This makes me wish that I ran away when I was younger. My parents have destroyed me.

    • @jfreemanoliver1
      @jfreemanoliver1 16 днів тому +1

      Your parents didn't destroy you. They helped you to understand how to become a better you.
      We have to change the way we speak to ourselves

    • @robynmarler1951
      @robynmarler1951 16 днів тому

      I tried to run away 3 times, but I had no planning or survival skills, I just got caught straight away and everything ended up worse than before. Now my favourite daydream is about how I could have succeeded in running away. I also feel that I was destroyed by my family. Obviously I'm still here but my life is a lonely nightmare.

    • @CM7777...
      @CM7777... 16 днів тому

      Sure, you can sugar coat it and lie to yourself.​@jfreemanoliver1

  • @TrueSelf1111
    @TrueSelf1111 19 днів тому +92

    Physically sick in stomach after listening. This is my thinking forever. It feels very hopeless to get thru. I do have some help & have lost so much in past year.

    • @gasmith7486
      @gasmith7486 19 днів тому +12

      Stop beating yourself up for being human!!!

    • @teresapotts3476
      @teresapotts3476 19 днів тому +5

      ...easier said..than done.( sigh)

    • @Lyrielonwind
      @Lyrielonwind 19 днів тому +8

      Try to use it to be more compassionate with yourself and keep fighting that mean inner critic which is a recording of your abusers who don't want you to move forward but keep you stuck. ❤

    • @MarkThrive
      @MarkThrive 18 днів тому +12

      Highly recommend finding a trauma therapist to heal the childhood CPTSD. If you find a good one that has survived their own CPTSD they will help you reparent yourself while addressing your daily triggers, flashbacks thru EMDR, or similar modality. Over time you will notice your inner parts integrate and emotions regulate... nervous system becomes more grounded and self compassion becomes a daily occurrence. The toxic shame and inner critic wont continue to direct our behavior in 4F's...Limbic brain. We will become more goal oriented in healthy self care... we will be more curious and compassionate toward self and others! We will develop a new purpose for living!
      Don't give up! You are resilient! ❤️‍🩹

    • @TrueSelf1111
      @TrueSelf1111 18 днів тому +4

      @@MarkThrive thank you. Good advise. Doing emdr. Therapy. Healing course. Inner child work. Very slow. Hard.

  • @robertafierro5592
    @robertafierro5592 19 днів тому +31

    There's aback story to every problem that pops up. Years long resentments run deep. Best thing I ever did was to leave.

    • @tammyhiatt1804
      @tammyhiatt1804 18 днів тому +8

      Oh how I wish that I had run away when I was younger. I knew something was wrong but I thought it was me. It was my parents, who should never have been able to procreate.

  • @user-zz4ph7fb8y
    @user-zz4ph7fb8y 18 днів тому +24

    This man is a God sent. You just described my whole life. I just realized that all my guilty feelings are nothing but shame and fear 😢

  • @skjelm6363
    @skjelm6363 19 днів тому +13

    You gave my apathy a name - I now can see my "prison" and why I struggled for nearly a year now to get help.
    I thought it was depression without the black cloud - but it is/was shame all along.
    Whatever, big thanks to you, I listen to a lot of your lectures, but this one hit the spot. Thank you very much!

  • @Cameron-qm6yp
    @Cameron-qm6yp 19 днів тому +12

    It's tremendously hard but worth it. You are worth it.

  • @harami6767
    @harami6767 19 днів тому +23

    I've been living comically literally in this prison for the past 5 years. After failing the grad school, I came back home and locked myself. I even stopped checking my social media accounts under the heavy shadow of shame. At first, I genuinely believed that it was just a break to figure out my true calling. I would let myself to be, sharpen my skills, and come back stronger. I was tragically naive. I glamorous prison break plan had been nothing but the sinister, gulish plan of Shame's head of torture office, agent perfectionism. It took three to four years that I yielded to this fact that i am here for a lifetime. The prison is my life. I will keep listening to you, though. For a moment, I almost remembered the taste of hope.

    • @elissipy
      @elissipy 13 днів тому

      This isn’t a temp 5 year thing, this is something that people with complex PTSD and childhood trauma experience throughout their life

    • @richardcardinale7152
      @richardcardinale7152 5 днів тому

      Yes , I took a similar road , for more than. 10 years. Now I overcome all my fears and anxiety and I'm walking on earth like a little God that we are all. Probably be a coach is a good idea finally

    • @nathaliejoseph4068
      @nathaliejoseph4068 3 дні тому

      @@richardcardinale7152what help you?

  • @anamikaawasthi450
    @anamikaawasthi450 19 днів тому +11

    I forgot all my childhood experiences and always puzzle later in life for my own wierdness
    Thanks to Tim,for bringing back my memories,now I know how all my life decisions make sense

  • @bodymindsoul60
    @bodymindsoul60 16 днів тому +6

    It seems to me a majority of society is afflicted with shame.
    A shame filled society we live under.

  • @user-dd9wo9im6p
    @user-dd9wo9im6p 19 днів тому +31

    THANK YOU!!!
    You are answering questions I have had since I was a child and throughout my years.
    The way you explain it is very easy to understand and comprehend.
    This information has magically opened my eyes to the cause and effects that has controlled my entire life. But not no more...
    I can now see others going through the same and will definitely send them your way.

    • @leslieleslie1284
      @leslieleslie1284 19 днів тому +7

      shame is hard to identify when it has always been the norm.

    • @user-dd9wo9im6p
      @user-dd9wo9im6p 19 днів тому +4

      @@leslieleslie1284 you are 100% correct. The good news is that we have time to practice so we control the monster instead of it controlling us. Can't allow it to make excuses for us not to succeed...

    • @MarkThrive
      @MarkThrive 18 днів тому +2

      Yep! I agree 💯...We had no capacity to understand what was taught to us... we normalized it.
      Tim is sharing science!!! Neuroscience- the brain can be rewired via neuroplasty.

    • @user-dd9wo9im6p
      @user-dd9wo9im6p 17 днів тому +3

      @@leslieleslie1284
      So true, interesting though I never thought of it as shame. Shows how easily a person can be manipulated and groomed. That's the scary part of it all...

  • @gameaudioshaman
    @gameaudioshaman 19 днів тому +7

    Thank you and the person who wrote the dairy for reading it.

  • @danielerubinetti839
    @danielerubinetti839 5 днів тому +1

    I used this analogy many times..the prison without bars, guilt, verdict, judge, guards, protecting myself from the world and the world from me, absurd, but very powerful

  • @kathy1001
    @kathy1001 19 днів тому +10

    Thank you Tim. You are helping me to change my life. I'm forever grateful. ❤🙏 I get so much out of these Shame videos.

  • @bronsonmcdonald5473
    @bronsonmcdonald5473 18 днів тому +4

    This video helps me realize that I don't have to be so hard on myself for feeling ' it's so much work' to get through those bars, guards, and security systems.
    Thank you to Tim and to 'Jessica' for sharing your struggles in everyday things.
    Bless you both.💗

  • @AdriAna-sr8yb
    @AdriAna-sr8yb 19 днів тому +17

    I'm exhausted burned out in my 8 years old marriage. I had a 9 months of trauma counseling 4 years ago as a community church helped me to access for a very low fee. I'm married to a man w a TBI front lobe very verbally aggressive, disrespectful towards calling me names. He is also very secretive about his past and often goes out for long hours behaving like a single, not married person. He drinks with buddies almost every day and lie to me often. It seems I'm his 4th of 5th wife, I'm not sure, I thought I was his 3rd wife. I just can't take it anymore he crushes me often and I'm unhealthy passive to my circumstances. I'm full of shame in my marriage and need to have courage to leave him. I need to get rid of this heaviness I'm carrying around and start to run free to the goal of my race. I'm 61 years old and feel so old and so tired. I pray wisdom enable me to stand for myself and find my voice and space again. I don't trust people, I avoid people and have a tendency to keep to myself to feel safe but I need safe kind people in my life.
    I need prayers to walk away and feel free to laugh and enjoy life again.🙏

    • @LeaveYourAbuser
      @LeaveYourAbuser 19 днів тому +2

      I left after 19 years. My ex-husband who was verbally, emotionally, physically, and financially abusive. I was told by an angel that came in human form “RUN!!!!!”

    • @punyashloka4946
      @punyashloka4946 18 днів тому +1

      ​@@LeaveYourAbuser at least you can heal now.

    • @Johannastairwellstudio
      @Johannastairwellstudio 17 днів тому +1

      Run

    • @kyotojoel
      @kyotojoel 16 днів тому +1

      I found a safe, supportive community in codependency recovery meetings. I did the recovery work on myself and got healthy enough to leave my toxic marriage. Counseling was helpful too. I wish you all the best. It is possible to be responsible to ourselves and change!

    • @labaker3477
      @labaker3477 6 днів тому

      It will never get better until you leave. If you can, leave town altogether

  • @jobunny919
    @jobunny919 17 днів тому +2

    The last bit was so heart breaking. I know that self imposed prison very well. Looking from the outside in, it's soul shattering witnessing someone punish themselves for doing something as simple as waking up. I've been punishing myself for so long.

  • @Shandra9
    @Shandra9 18 днів тому +19

    Shame is a the #1 tool of the demonic. This is why, in my personal opinion, we need to have a relationship with some unconditionally loving higher power, at the core all of this is spiritual but we must also use practical tools. I've noticed that many people with cptsd are triggered by talk of God becasue we were spiritually abused. I've found that healing a relationship with God was key in getting out of the shame prison.

    • @melissahay328
      @melissahay328 18 днів тому +1

      Really good point ❤

    • @mr.increediblle7964
      @mr.increediblle7964 5 днів тому +1

      I was definitely spiritualy abused and forced to go to every Church event. Where i come from, there are 7 to 8 hour overnight church events and my mom made me go to every single one of them.

    • @Shandra9
      @Shandra9 18 годин тому

      @mr.increediblle7964 That sounds very painful. You're not alone. I grew up in Utah and was forced to go to church and deal with similar, but we each go through our own hell when we are spiritually/religiously abused. Thanks for sharing that with me, a stranger, I care, and I wish that hadn't happened to you.

  • @billiemaher4008
    @billiemaher4008 День тому

    I notice my shame was a protective part when I was younger because it made me small, quiet, unobtrusive and apologetic. Now as an adult if I feel vulnerable or tired or upset or angry or sick my body reacts by triggering my shame. Shame I can't be perfect or happy or healthy. It tells me I am broken or faulty and need to withdraw from everyone around me. It shuts off my access to love and ability to accept love from others. It's so isolating and exhausting. Healing is possible but it definitely does take time!

  • @emiliorodriquez5677
    @emiliorodriquez5677 18 днів тому +3

    Thank you so much. It was so uncomfortable when I started noticing my thoughts. I didn’t realize that this was something that I was going to have to go through. I also didn’t notice that God made us in a way that when we start noticing our thoughts the Holy Spirit inside of us starts working on them of his own accord.

  • @Muck-qy2oo
    @Muck-qy2oo 19 днів тому +5

    I have to train myself to think differently because this is exactly the problem.

    • @Lyrielonwind
      @Lyrielonwind 19 днів тому

      Use your rational brain to shut up in defiance your inner critic. Changing is about being yourself and not what the inner critic wants you to be. It's not so much about changing and being someone else but using your rational brain to stop the tyrant in you.

    • @ranc1977
      @ranc1977 19 днів тому +1

      This idea to train ourselves is shame itself. It slithers like a snake. It infects everything with shame. Doing something or not doing - shame will be behind it, with torrent of inner criticism.

  • @gracemurrayart
    @gracemurrayart 19 днів тому +5

    Incredible content as always Tim. Thank you for helping me realise the huge part shame plays in my life, which before I was completely unaware of.

  • @rababkhursheed
    @rababkhursheed 18 днів тому +2

    How have you just described my whole life Tim.
    The Daily routine is mine.

  • @robertst.julian8265
    @robertst.julian8265 3 дні тому

    WOW ❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️❗️. inter-generational shame prisons … keeping me “stuck”. This is so so resonating, My Mother, myself & my connecting with my brother’s youngest daughter who is wrestling with this shame & I am in denial…. and constantly stuck in this swamp. THANK YOU 💞

  • @alinebrandau3982
    @alinebrandau3982 17 днів тому

    Thank you! Great discussion 🙏

  • @manleenkaur7942
    @manleenkaur7942 18 днів тому +3

    I didn't even realise that I had shame issues, till I started listening to this.😮

  • @ayeayelwin2434
    @ayeayelwin2434 19 днів тому +1

    Thanks for Your analysis on shame cycle

  • @russellheyns1846
    @russellheyns1846 16 днів тому +1

    This has got to be one of the best series on UA-cam. It definitely one of the main things that helped me get over my divorce and my work on my drinking issues. Great work!Thank you for everything.

  • @CazalasMichele
    @CazalasMichele 17 днів тому

    Thank you Mr Fletcher for your time that you share to educate all of us. Bless you!🙏💚😊

  • @liddellasya
    @liddellasya 19 днів тому +2

    You letcions are absolutely brilliat, thank you

  • @josearcaya8570
    @josearcaya8570 18 днів тому +2

    I am watching it again. I am relief for your clarification that it is long war or process. Sometimes I have felt like giving up. Thank you Sir. your work is so helpful. God bless.

  • @FreakyBr0
    @FreakyBr0 13 днів тому

    thank you for putting your finger on exactly what I have felt for so long, too long. it's really hard to express in words myself but you've put the words together that nail how the past few years of my life have felt at the low points where shame was controlling me.

  • @silviaconjar1184
    @silviaconjar1184 13 днів тому

    Amazing. Mind blowing how evrything is so clear explaind and felt. Thank you.

  • @dreamstateshealing
    @dreamstateshealing 17 днів тому

    Tim expresses this so clearly!! Not only is this helping me it’s understanding my father that recently died of cancer what he bound by, so deeply and unconsciously… Alanon helped me break out of the people pleasing and Pete Walkers book on c-ptsd helped me understand it, make it conscious- but I’ve been working on it over a decade and it is such a prison! Even tho I’ve gotten out of the main cell, I still haven’t got off the property. This is so helpful I’m in tears, thank you…

  • @nataliatrumpo3893
    @nataliatrumpo3893 16 днів тому

    How are you so articulate this shit SO WELL?! 🙏🏻🙏🏻💁🏻‍♀️ Thank you.🙏🏻

  • @lemmetellyaboutit
    @lemmetellyaboutit 13 днів тому

    Hi Tim, i just recently found your channel and i am so thankful to be here. You’ve given me a pretty detailed roadmap to figure out how my life’s experiences have affected who I am. Shame and disappointment are probably my worst enemies. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wealth of insight.

  • @OG_lesliedixon
    @OG_lesliedixon 16 днів тому +1

    It feels like you just spent a week in my head. Wow. The difference it makes to have language and reasoning behind what happens for me makes such a difference.

  • @aliasgirl9
    @aliasgirl9 19 днів тому +3

    That was great! I do hope there is a follow up video in the works on how-tos of dealing with or addressing getting rid of shame🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

  • @Mrs_PinkMarie77
    @Mrs_PinkMarie77 15 днів тому +1

    ❤God answers our prayers of healing and freedom through this psychiatrist GLORY!!!

  • @brolly414
    @brolly414 19 днів тому +2

    Thank you, Tim. You go into deep into the "resistance" spoken of in "The War of Art". And thank you, Jessica. You have expressed the way I experience things.

  • @silverly0
    @silverly0 18 днів тому +1

    thank you so much for this lecture, it was enlightening for me and allowed me to see my unconscious emotions in a new light

  • @MsOrganic1
    @MsOrganic1 9 днів тому

    I am only halfway through this video and love ❤️ every word Tim is communicating. I will have to listen to it on repeat.

  • @finnjai21
    @finnjai21 18 днів тому

    Thank you very much! ❤❤

  • @JamesBond-xx1lv
    @JamesBond-xx1lv 13 днів тому

    This is probably the single most helpful video I've ever found. Thank you ❤

  • @jamiefischer6305
    @jamiefischer6305 15 днів тому +1

    I have seen more mental health and recovery specialists than I could list and recall. I had a good childhood, but it never admitted to traa but “the trauma I brought on myself. Of course I knew I had shame, but this complex trauma definition, coupled with the biggest harm of shame and repeated failures…This is the explanation I've been dying for for decades. I've been following you for some time, but this video. It's like youve entered my mind and are reporting back to me everything you see, things that I can feel but not express in words. Thank you.❤ Thank you.

  • @Evy78
    @Evy78 17 днів тому

    I'm impressed by your level of knowledge on shame. It's like your in my mind. Feel less alone but long IS the way but possible. Thank you Tim. You give Hope and help me to feel less alone on this journey.

  • @klu75
    @klu75 18 днів тому +1

    I am going to listen to this one a few more times but I felt like you were describing me from start to finish-even the mother example at the beginning and the partner one too. Wow-it helped me just to hear those examples knowing I’m living them and to hear that it’s really not my fault is somehow freeing and all at once troubling to realize. Thank you for this video-truly helped me.

  • @user-ok8yw4lj4o
    @user-ok8yw4lj4o 9 днів тому

    Just wanted to say this is an amazing video!

  • @Natalia-fr5pd
    @Natalia-fr5pd 19 днів тому +1

    Thank You so much! Because of Your videos I started therapy of trauma. Before I had 3therapies that were just touching the top of my problems. Thank You!

  • @airflow8327
    @airflow8327 18 днів тому +1

    Dziękujemy.

  • @ranc1977
    @ranc1977 12 днів тому +1

    Jessica's notes:
    "Big trigger shame which I can feel as conscious pain. I am in the way and worthless. I was right. Mind fills with darkness, eyes down, senses dull and lost in feelings of inferiority and rejection."
    This is Rejection Sensitivity Dypshoria.
    It is found also in ADHD and Autism where neurodivergents were ashamed since childhood repeatedly and being disciplined to become neurotypical that the amount of criticism is now became trauma of rejection.

  • @mr.increediblle7964
    @mr.increediblle7964 5 днів тому

    I am 35 and hid away from the world due to massive amounts of shame for most of my life. I have done things that, if they were to come out, would make me lose friends and family (it is not illegal).
    I wish i found videos like this, had a mentor or youtube was a thing when i was a teenager. I have struggled for more than half my life and kept every single thing to myself, not sharing anything with a single soul.
    It all makes sense now because i am a perfectionist and try to control everything (someone said that it was due to childhood trauma and not being in control as a kid)

  • @andriyandriychuk
    @andriyandriychuk 16 днів тому

    Tim thank you you are a real pro in human souls

  • @user-tv8si4mn6k
    @user-tv8si4mn6k 10 днів тому

    Omg this is so powerful!!!

  • @manhwaqueen6061
    @manhwaqueen6061 10 днів тому

    Thank you ❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @lisademers9581
    @lisademers9581 16 днів тому

    Thank you. 🙏

  • @Dustin-jg6ms
    @Dustin-jg6ms 19 днів тому +3

    Sometimes you gotta fight with your fears,sometimes you gotta fight with your mind! There's a war going on that nobody knows about. War inside my head!
    Great band ST

    • @grapplingunificationtheory3160
      @grapplingunificationtheory3160 19 днів тому

      It is a war to find happiness and peace. We struggle and overcome and thus are stronger than many normal folks

  • @heatherpratt1551
    @heatherpratt1551 11 днів тому

    Not the journal lol. Dang that was so relatable. This is really tough work !!

  • @Kelli-ru7yy
    @Kelli-ru7yy 12 днів тому

    Thanks for this video. I'm very thankful. I think it'll be a great help for me.
    Even though my cortex was fighting to keep the shame under control, there's times when my limbic system would completely take over and I'd feel shame for this. I'd get past the bars, past the walls on the daily but then the prison guards would come along. And I'd spiral back into prison.
    There'd be days I would be tired of fighting. But now that I'm aware that this is an entire system, I think I'll be able to be consistent in my healthy changes.
    I've come this far with little changes. And those changes were good. So all's I gotta do is keep going. Doesn't matter if I fail. Just gotta keep going.

  • @MarkThrive
    @MarkThrive 18 днів тому +6

    I've been following Tim's wisdom for about 2.5 yrs! I have seen a major shift in my behavior!
    Highly recommend finding a trauma therapist to heal the childhood CPTSD. If you find a good one that has survived their own CPTSD they will help you reparent yourself while addressing your daily triggers, flashbacks thru EMDR, or similar modality. Over time you will notice your inner parts integrate and emotions regulate... nervous system becomes more grounded and self compassion becomes a daily occurrence. The toxic shame and inner critic wont continue to direct our behavior in 4F's...Limbic brain. We will become more goal oriented in healthy self care... we will be more curious and compassionate toward self and others! We will develop a new purpose for living!
    Don't give up! You are resilient! ❤️‍🩹

    • @darksky3703
      @darksky3703 16 днів тому

      How can i solve my shame?

  • @sharonharvey1547
    @sharonharvey1547 2 дні тому

    Whoa...
    Words to my thinking.
    Im shook

  • @HaakonOdinsson
    @HaakonOdinsson 2 дні тому

    Ok, now I have tears in my eyes. This is so much like me. Thank you for this, this is a brilliant validating video. 🙏🙏🙏
    Edit: I will be watching this multiple times

  • @destanmilandris3651
    @destanmilandris3651 18 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @venusjoyce
    @venusjoyce 8 днів тому

    A very accurate description of my relationship with my husband. What made it really hard for me is when he accused me of being narcissist, he did it in front of others, especially those I care how they see me. What can I do to manage the way out of the being trapped by shame by ignoring him but also don't want those I care not affected by what he said? Should I argue back, I felt like I fall for the same trap again, arguing over a lie.

  • @mrfacespace
    @mrfacespace 18 днів тому

    Tim. Recently I recovered feelings associated with a childhood experience. It’s like in a matter of moments, I saw how I had gone from a sense of shame, to a sense of humiliation, then hopelessness and confusion. As a child, it was more than I could handle, and it appears that I shutdown. Or, in other words, repression kicked in. I think it’s a good thing that it did, because as a child, I didn’t have the resources to cope with what I was going through.
    After the recovery of these feelings, I feel as if my shame has reduced considerably. I don’t think talk therapy, or reading more books or listening to more videos could have helped to alleviate my shame as effectively as revisiting the feelings associated with this childish experience
    On the other hand, in the last few months, I’ve watched many of your videos. Perhaps in some way watching the videos helped me get to the point where I felt safe enough to allow myself to open up to and face the memory component of a childhood experience that had for years been too difficult for me to allow to come up. I probably should add that I’ve been working with an empathic therapist who is a good listener
    I don’t know if everyone who has a shame based identity has to recover repressed feelings for real healing to occur. But in my case, I have a more significant understanding of how repression works, and a new found respect for this important defence mechanism
    My sense is that a repressed memory in regards to a humiliating childhood experience can imbue us with a sense of shame that informs all of our relationships in the here and now
    If you think that you may have had one or more experiences which were too much for you to cope with as a child, consider that there may have been a moment when it became more than you could handle on your own. You may need the support of a good therapist to help you get to the point where you are ready to recover a part of the experience which you had to block, or repress. In my case, I went through a period where I experienced a range of difficult feelings as I began to open up to an experience which had been more traumatic for me than I had been previously aware. Therefore, I think it’s a good idea to have the support of a therapist who really understands this process

  • @queunlimited4779
    @queunlimited4779 14 днів тому

    Excellent 👍👍

  • @BrotherInChrist
    @BrotherInChrist 26 хвилин тому

    Excellent insights, Tim. I was paralyzed with shame most of my life; you could say I had a shame-based identity.
    I experience shame through what I have done. (my sin)
    I experience shame through what has been done to me. (sin against me)
    I experience shame through what I believe. (ungodly beliefs)
    >>> But God!
    God's redemptive solution for shame caused by my sin is confession and repentance. [Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:9; 2 Corinthians 7:10]
    God's redemptive solution for shame caused by sin against me (emotional wounds) is forgiveness. [Matthew 6:14-15; Mark 11:25; Colossians 3:13]
    God's redemptive solution for shame caused by my ungodly beliefs is truth that sets free. [John 8:31-32; John 17:17; Psalm 119:160]
    1 John 3:8 "The Son of God appeared to destroy the works of the devil."
    Blessings

  • @stardustsiggy
    @stardustsiggy 9 днів тому

    I really need to print out this powerpoint and put it on my wall.

  • @EricMHowardII-yh1rn
    @EricMHowardII-yh1rn 7 днів тому

    Toxic shame runs deep for some individuals that can be hurtful inner critic uses name calling as a put down. Toxic shame is not healthy.

  • @fleabag6477
    @fleabag6477 18 днів тому +1

    that story with the mother resonates so hard with me except it was me getting upset that my mother would beat the shit out of me and my dad and siblings would tell me its bc she loves me anytime I ever dared to stand up, I conformed now but I resent her quietly.

  • @NeoHomoSapien
    @NeoHomoSapien 19 днів тому +7

    Thank you very very much 🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @truthministry7462
    @truthministry7462 18 днів тому

    Powerful

  • @xagon2012
    @xagon2012 5 днів тому

    Most of these symptoms apply to me. I live in a prison of shame. I feel stuck. Absolutely. I try to break out but fear and shame keep me locked inside. I keep people at a distance and I have a tendency to want to regulate and "kill off" feelings I can't handle by self-"medicating" with substances. I am ashamed of my body and I am afraid of any kind of intimacy because I feel unworthy and don't want to be exposed. I have been doing therapy for several years and made some progress but I keep making the same mistakes or run into inner barrier after barrier that I just can't seem to get past. It is like a loop or a prison that I can't seem to break free of.

  • @HighVibe001
    @HighVibe001 15 днів тому +1

    The worst guilt trip that a parent, especially narcissistic parents, can do is to raise the child to believe 'god said to honor your parents'. They never say the rest of that scripture. This notion that setting boundaries and defending myself against my parent was 'disrespectful', I carried unnecessary shame. It has taken years to deprogram my brain. Thank you for this!

    • @terrylynndelman
      @terrylynndelman 12 днів тому

      Another guilt trip my Communal Narc Mom used to say was, “If you would stop doing this, God might be able to use you”. She is probably still teaching in her cult church. This is what the Lord finally told me and maybe it will help you, too. “We honor our parents by not enabling their bad behavior or allowing them to continue their abusive ways with us or any others under our protection. We honor them by giving them clear boundaries and consequences, if they are not remorseful, repentant and willing to work towards ending their abusive ways.”

  • @emmasuo272
    @emmasuo272 14 днів тому

    After all this I am still trying to cope up with shame like it's hard man its a years of shame

  • @michaelgarrow3239
    @michaelgarrow3239 18 днів тому

    Tim- I just watched your talk from a few years ago 32/33 about self sabotage. It resonates in my life since I was 14(?).
    I have always tried to get past it.
    I had gotten away from the family. And was getting very good at manifesting. Then the undermining started. Then my girlfriend did some bad things to me, felonies if it was a man, it was physical; it involved lying to police.
    Then a psychologist with a phd stole everything. I couldn’t defend myself. Now I’m really broken.
    What can I do? Both of these women punished me when I self improved. It put me back 50 years. My life is ruined.
    This is serious and important to me.
    Edit: I have found out what a narcissist is. Never heard of it before. I have accepted, through therapy, that I had a lot of complex trauma in childhood.

  • @cody3504
    @cody3504 6 днів тому +1

    Wow this is insane to me. Im 28 and i really want to heal asap i want to do so much and i feel so limited.

  • @Wingedmagician
    @Wingedmagician 19 днів тому +6

    15:00 but my brain goes “yeah but… its actually kind of true for most of these” and I sincerely believe it. for most of these. Why is toxic positive thinking and delusional cope the answer? (thank you though. I really value this content regardless)

    • @user-dd9wo9im6p
      @user-dd9wo9im6p 19 днів тому +5

      Ever see a slice of cake at a deli that you've had before and know how great it taste so you buy it and just before you take your first bite your brain is expecting it to taste just as good as the last one you had but when you start to chew it you taste the worst thing ever? That's similar on how the wrong type of positive thinking/talking can harm you. Been through that with my kids by over complimenting them to make up for what I never had. It swelled their heads the wrong way.
      Looks great, sounds great, but the results are not so great.

    • @moom81
      @moom81 19 днів тому +1

      each of those beliefs listed are the delusional cope, though. what tells you any of those must certainly be true?

    • @Lyrielonwind
      @Lyrielonwind 19 днів тому

      Toxic positivity is toxic. It's about knowing you can do better if you silence your shame like you silence a recording and whatever you do from resting to doing any task allowing you to say, I needed to charge my batteries or it's not perfect but it's good enough or next time I can do it better (when it's something creative or learning a new skill). It's about giving us the patient, compassion and support we never had during childhood. It's about not talking to yourself because you wouldn't talk the same way to someone you love. It's called self love but we need to create it from the inside using our rational brain. Have a great day ☺️

  • @That1grI
    @That1grI 19 днів тому +2

    Thank you Tim ! I found you courtesy of Theo vonn and I love the mssg u send thank you for all that you do to feed the Lords sheep ! 🐑

  • @luckylex12
    @luckylex12 13 днів тому

    I feel exactly as described in this video and relate with everything said, I’m conscious but I have no idea how to break these cycles!
    The same behaviours repeat especially in my love life, I will never know how to act with the person I love.
    If I am honest, it’s too much, I am over sensitive and way too much so I eventually keep it all for myself, it builds up and I totally isolate, so the relationship ends…
    When I’m not in a relationship, I can manage my own bullshit and feel alone but at least I know how to do this!
    I am a workaholic and have addictive tendencies, every 3 years or so I burnout, crash, change everything in my life and start all over again!
    It’s exhausting and I so wish I could maintain a loving relationship with my girlfriend, she’s an Amazing woman!

  • @ordinaryvalley
    @ordinaryvalley 13 днів тому

    In Dante's Inferno, the lowest layer of hell, also known as the Ninth Circle must be the prison of shame.

  • @annemarrie3895
    @annemarrie3895 13 днів тому

    I'm struggling so much right now. It doesn't help that I'm also jobless trying to find a job and have absolutely nothing. I feel like I'm literally trying to keep myself from overthinking myself over the edge. I don't know what to do anymore. All mys solutions seem to have hit a wall.

  • @Mika-El-
    @Mika-El- 15 днів тому

    You have so overwhelmingly much material, almost impossible to ferret out a basic working strategy from them. Do you have a recommended basic playlist or structure to orient from?

  • @Indrid_cold777
    @Indrid_cold777 10 днів тому

    Oh my God...... 😢

  • @lauracapaldo1831
    @lauracapaldo1831 4 дні тому

    In the end when the woman was describing how she got to the point of a panic attack I had to stop listening it had already brought on a, I can't breathe anxiety attack. Shame I should not have this response to someone else's story. Shame I recognize it could just as well of been my story. Shame will I ever get well.

  • @jenndel4
    @jenndel4 19 днів тому +3

    Tim! I need help so badly. I need to meet u I know u would help me heal and get better! U have helped me so much!! So I can only imagine if u were in person! How do I meet u??

    • @susannluckmann7705
      @susannluckmann7705 19 днів тому

      Check out the info box. There is some information that might help.

  • @black_sheep_nation
    @black_sheep_nation 13 днів тому

    Don't allow anyone to control your happiness. Even the passing stranger. You fought hard for it.
    The other day I heard two neighbors screaming at one another. Verbally abusive words flying freely. Over a property line. As I passed, I saw the anger escalate to rage, with police and lawyers being threatened.
    Even after they parted, he called her names from his ride on lawn mower for a good 20 minutes.
    I'm not belittling what the issue might be, legitimate disagreements happen. Nor am I saying I'm better. What time is wasted allowing another to control our happiness. I'm positive their lack of control is rooted in childhood trauma.
    But they aren't awake. And you, and I, are. And no matter how painful, it's a gift.

  • @June-fe1jv
    @June-fe1jv 15 днів тому

    I feel like Jessica all the time, I don't know how to get out of this pain.

  • @Staying_aliveforwomen
    @Staying_aliveforwomen 19 днів тому +3

    Mr Tim.There is not much support avail to those who dnt fear escaping the prisons.the same cult exists in church community and workspaces.this reinforces the shame when u dnt comply to s/advances or conform just to survive.vulnerability attracts bugs that bite.many of us here know the horrors of this.

  • @katshades
    @katshades 17 днів тому +2

    I am in prison

    • @lindsaypeek63
      @lindsaypeek63 16 днів тому

      Jesus came to set the captives free

  • @ImEverythingYouCrave
    @ImEverythingYouCrave 15 днів тому

    i need help on defeating shame, it wont let me go and all i can think about is ending things

  • @ranc1977
    @ranc1977 18 днів тому

    This all applies to social anxiety, too.

    • @melissahay328
      @melissahay328 18 днів тому +2

      Which stems from trauma in my opinion.

    • @ranc1977
      @ranc1977 12 днів тому +1

      @@melissahay328 Yep. ACoA ACE. Exposure to untreated undiagnosed mentally ill parent - like Aspergers (that is very similar to narcissistic assault - with only difference there are OCD like routines and sensitivity to any kind of change and in 5 senses - like something is too loud and then hysteria about it).

  • @teemadarif8243
    @teemadarif8243 13 днів тому

    Is shame the appropriate term for this feeling ? Is it due to guilt being connected to shame? I thought it was moreso 'incompetent " or" unauthentic". Please break down shame in a nutshell

  • @joostvanherpen3138
    @joostvanherpen3138 2 дні тому

    what is the reason we compare ourselves so much with others?

  • @simplypositiveme
    @simplypositiveme 17 днів тому

    The burden !!!!!!

  • @fido5067
    @fido5067 11 днів тому

    So what's the fix?!