Shame is the fear of disconnection—it’s the fear that something we’ve done or failed to do, an ideal that we’ve not lived up to, or a goal that we’ve not accomplished makes us unworthy of connection.
Shame is fueled by our fear of others surrounding a course of action that we believe not to be morally right.
Normailization does not change the actions moral correctness, but removes the fear of others that stems from the action.
