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1 week ago

Why Men Know What to Do but Still Don't Do It

Many men know what needs to change but are prevented from acting by fear, guilt, shame, and unexamined beliefs until those beliefs are confronted.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Moral Perfectionism and the Selfishness of Shame

Being good only matters when it positively affects others, at least in the long-term if not the short. Sometimes, however, people become so preoccupied with being good that they aren't, or at least not as often as they believe themselves to be. There is such a thing as being too good, when one's so-called goodness is harmful. This discrepancy between what one believes is good and what actually is is prevalent in moral perfectionism, or the obsessive pursuit of moral purity.
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fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Why We Hold Grudges: The Psychology of Whether to Forgive

Expectations to forgive or behave 'normally' can trigger anticipatory anxiety, shame, and make forgiveness difficult due to self-protective defenses and trauma.
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