Shame spirals are also triggered by internal self-talk. Such inner talk is based on old beliefs we have about ourselves and the world. These beliefs were fostered by our shame-based caregivers. Auditory shame spirals result from introjected parental voices that were originally the actual voices of our shaming caregivers. They play like recordings in our head. The transactional analysis therapists estimate there are twenty-five thousand hours of these recordings.
