Tag: shame

litost

Litost

There’s a desperate urge to lash out in response to one’s descent, but how can it ever be made right?

vicarious embarrassment

Fremdscham

Emotions are subjective, but that doesn’t mean that they’re all self-centered. Human beings are social by nature. Because of that, we experience vicarious emotions, feelings about other people’s feelings. Mudita, for example, is… more emotion Fremdscham

flying shame

Flygskam

If you’re told that something is “a crying shame”, the tone is a bit dismissive, as if to say that yes, things are bad, but that nothing can be done about it. The… more emotion Flygskam