For example, months after her confession, as Carla and Preston worked to rebuild their marriage, Carla reported that whenever she sensed Preston to be distant, she was overrun by images and feelings of her former boss, along with a sinking sensation in her chest, accompanied by the thought I wish I weren’t in this marriage. This was soon followed with the self-judging thought I made such a mistake! All of this occurred in less than three seconds. It was not just words of accusation that she thought; it was the full complement of the mind’s functional domains being assaulted by shame’s attack.
