Shame

It’s “Time to end the shame around Mental Health”. I don’t like the word shame. It’s easy to say let’s end the shame. Shame is like a guilty secret and now you’re a failure for not being able to “end the shame” as if it was as easy as that. Like “Jesus saves”, saves what?… it’s meaningless.

But I’m mixing up shame and guilt. Guilt is the judgement of the critical super-ego; shame is the failure to live up to the ego-ideal. Jesus, of course, was the embodiment of the ego-ideal, which superseded the vengeful critical super-ego of God (the Father!).

Maybe it’s time to stop the fear of judgement from the totalitarians of the left.

Service Users, Resource Centres, Care Plans… now don’t get me started. Shame on you David!