Shame: Spiritual Suicide

By Vicki Underland-Rosow

Shame is an unacknowledged national epidemic that is wreaking havoc on our entire society. Shame by its nature demands secrecy and diversions. "Shame: Spiritual Suicide" breaks down the barrier of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964494426
• ISBN13: 9780964494428
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Waterford Pub
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.5" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Shame: Spiritual Suicide

Excellent resource for the understanding of the cycle of shame so prevalent in this society. Well researched and written, very full of pertinent information. More academic in nature without too much wishy washy or over emotional fluff.

Something Lacking

The author does a fantastic job at explaining the problem of shame. Shame is a relational feeling; it originates from outside the individual. Shame, the author claims, is a way for parents and institutions to control people. In short, shame is the experience of the person disconnecting oneself to one's own feeling, thoughts and opinions. An example of shame is illustrated in Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter." My only and biggest disappointment in the book is the abrupt ending of her book. She emphasizes the Twelve Step Recovery Process to be the best way to over come Shame. Her other fault is that she gives religion a bad rap. Overall, this book does a fantastic job at describing shame and its origins, however, the ending is like some said, "Hurry up, this book needs to go to printing. I would love the author to revise this book and offer other alternatives. However, as I already wrote, If some one wants to understand the problem of shame, this is a great start. She even showed the flaws in the infamous author Bradshaw's theories about shame. Bradshaw missed the mark. To understand the flaws in Bradshaw's Healing the Shame is worth every penny and more on this book. Bradshaw is seen on PBS as the great High Priest of emotional Education. Read this book: "Shame: Spiritual Suicide" and you will at least understand the problem. Reading Bradshaw is like going fishing in the Hudson River. First of all, the Hudson is polluted and if you catch any fish, you can't eat it. If you do eat the fish, you will get sick. I implore author Vicki Underland-Rosow, Ph.D. to take another shot and revise this book adding other alternatives to dealing with shame in addition to the twelve steps. In short, the best pieces of information I learned from this book is that shame is a learned behavior; it is not a natural emotion. Shame is from the outside. I would not know shame unless someone instilled it in me. We were not born with shame.