Tagged: shame
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Epistemic Giggling 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…
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Avoidance Shame Spiral (A.S.S.) 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…