Shame is a natural emotional occurrence that comes with the human experience. As humans we experience shame in many ways, be it from failures, expectations, aspirations or even embarrassment.  These are only a few of the ways that shame is experienced in our body's and in our minds. There are many other ways that shame rears its head. Some other reasons include but are not limited to projections, societal expectations and even generational baggage.

Shame although uncomfortable can be considered a very necessary emotional experience for introspection and growth. Highlighting the " why " and "what" within an individual experience that made you feel shamed. 

The root meaning of the word shame-- is derived from Old english word Sceomu, "meaning painful feeling of guilt or disgrace; confusion caused by shame; state of being in disgrace; dishonor, insult, loss of esteem or reputation; shameful circumstance, what brings disgrace; modesty,"

If society as a whole became more comfortable with our individual experiences with shame it would then create collective self awareness around an aspect of existence that is daunting for many and completely unavoidable for all. 

At some point in life we will all experience shame. Normalizing this natural emotions presence within the human experience creates opportunity for dialogue, that brings about self awareness and understanding.

When assessing shame from the lens of the human perspective it is apparent that it is a lower emotion being that it is viewed as disgrace,  dishonor, loss of esteem and self. 

WHY?

What beliefs have to be established in your mind that created a narrative within your human experience that makes you shameful about existing freely?

 What about the possibility of going against the script that is encoded in your mind makes shame prevalent beyond introspection and understanding?

WHAT? 

Narratives have you subscribed to on a emotional and mental level have given rise to shame being the necessary?

If you were to embarrass yourself why cant the immediate emotion that is tied to the experience be joy? An unexpected occurrence that doesn't result in hurt or pain surely has the potential to be funny, no?

What in our minds make the experience shame ridden?

Assessing the human mind:  The Human Mind is Self Programmable.Not only is the mind self programmable it is comprised of various programmable models that are directly impacted by specific sensory inputs. Sensory inputs include sight, taste, smell, sound and vision. Social and semantic categories are regarded as being more abstract thus, leading to this input being denoted as high level within the human brain.

Under predictive coding and other Bayesian models the brain is understood as a network of internal (generative) models representing hidden causes of sensory input. This network is organized in a hierarchical manner. The most abstract causes are at the top (high-level, including social, semantic categories which are represented in the anterior temporal lobes, orbitofrontal cortex, and ventral medial prefrontal cortex: Bowman and Zeithamova, 2018; Chen et al., 2017; Clarke and Tyler, 2015; Ralph et al., 2017) and the most basic perceptual ones at the bottom (e.g., models representing line orientations on a patch of the retinal input are represented in primary visual cortex: Hubel and Wiesel, 1962, 1968).

Self-representation is understood as a structure in memory (e.g., Kihlstrom et al., 2003; Smith et al., 1999, but also: Conway, 2005; Hart et al., 1997; Haslam et al., 2011; Martinelli et al., 2013). 

Meaning, if you've created and stored specific memories and narratives within your mind about yourself and your experiences they become apart of you, and you make them more real by perpetuating them in your day to day life. 

In conclusion, if you choose different beliefs and narratives around shame you essentially rewire your brain. Rewiring your brain directly impacts how you exist within the collective reality and your individual reality.