Tagged: shame

Compulsive completion urge is a visceral, often irrational drive to finish (a meal, a task, a conversation) even when continuing causes harm, discomfort, or fatigue.…

Re-entry tax is the emotional, cognitive, and sometimes physical cost of returning to a space, task, or relationship after a period of absence, silence, or…

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria is a neurological and emotional phenomenon where perceived or actual rejection causes an overwhelming and often unbearable emotional response. Despite the name,…

The use of tonal affect (e.g., chuckling, smirking, polite laughter) by an authority figure to subtly delegitimize a speaker's emotional, relational, or experiential claim-especially when…

The avoidance shame spiral describes a repeating cycle: a person avoids a task or responsibility, feels shame about the avoidance, and then avoids further due to…