Aren’t you ashamed of yourself?
Most of us can still remember those words of admonishment from our mothers years ago. And many of us berate our kids with that phrase now.
When what we do is bad — when we violate the Golden Rule — the innate sense of shame that all normal people have can lead us back to ethical behavior. This normal human emotion can bring us to maturity in our actions.
But many of us are ashamed of who we are or the diseases we have. We feel shame about the physical condition of our bodies.