Shame

America has elected an extreme narcissist to be President. We have to learn what narcissism is, what to expect, and how to handle it. Autocratic leadership is the natural political expression of a narcissist. Mental health professionals can not speak out about a person they have not been authorized to diagnose (although a few have spoken out). While this makes ethical sense from their professional perspective, it leaves us without authoritative information. For now, this means that the…

He forces Mariam to wear a burqa, and shames other women who don't, he hides her when he has male friends over, and tells her to go upstairs, and uses his excuse of "meeting his needs" to force Mariam into non consensual sex, believing it is her duty as a wife to only please her husband, and…

Constructive and Destructive Mentalities Committing transgressions is an often unavoidable tendency of mankind. Yet, Puritan society and law in the New World revolved around the importance of following God’s will and maintaining a reputation free of sin. Consequently, failure to follow the strict laws and norms of daily life most often resulted in severe punishments or public infamy. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter juxtaposes the effects of these ramifications and of hiding sin upon…

Growing up I heard a lot of different terms. The saying “But I know how those things go” kinds means you’ve been there and you’ve done that, and that’s how you know how things go. Another example would if in the past you loaned friend money but that friend never paid you back. But then later that same friend came again and asked to borrower money again. Well you do know how that’s gonna go that friend may not pay you back once again. The term “People like us” is usually used when speaking, or…

I so sworn as you Have done to this.”(I.vi.55-60) Another example of her cruelty is when she says she is ashamed to have a white heart, or to be kind. That suggests that she is evil and that she loves to be evil. A quote that supports this is, “I shame To wear a heart so white.”(II.ii.64-65). Lastly, she isn’t afraid to think about her crimes. This is shown when she says, “Infirm of purpose! Give me the daggers. The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures. 'Tis the eye of childhood That fears…

throughout the story, her progression from shame to optimism, her inner strength and compassion, and how much criteria of a protagonist that she exemplifies . In the novel, Hester Prynne best exemplifies the protagonist, as we always follow her throughout the story and she is always in the spotlight after doing…

I had always thought of going back to those childhood days, not to change anything but to feel few things twice.” It has taught me the memorable experience of fear, shame, pain, loss, freedom, forgiveness, happiness, kindness, emotions, achievements which I could not find anywhere else. These things made my today better and help me in stepping ahead each day of my life. In my childhood, I failed many times and seen some worst days in my life, but in all stages, my family was always standing with…

I already explained why I'm not a fan, http://www.care2.com/causes/its-free-and-easy-to-shame-your-water-wasting-neighbors-but-should-you.html namely it could pit neighbor against neighbor, and it looks like there's some truth to my reservations. Like June Tangney, a clinical psychology professor, explains to Inverse: https://www.inverse.…

critiques them in the section “Colon” when he discusses people who are not quite like other people and how if a child had been born “otherwise, he would break his shell upon other forms of madness: he might…have sprung up in the sheltering and soft shame and guilt of money” among other types of issues that he describes as…

all time favorite pet was a black cat with the name of Pluto. He begins to drink more and more, and as he drinks he becomes a violent man with the motive to kill. This viciously aggressive mindset of the character can be proven in several ways; his shame retelling…