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Do you think shame comes from ego? Or is it the exact opposite?

Do you think shame comes from ego? Or is it the exact opposite?

(submitted by: Anonymous)

Shame emerges from an unfortunate incongruity between expectation and reality.

For some people, yes, those expectations are rooted in self-perception. For others, the expectations are externally imposed… religious shame, for example.

So… both.