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Shame-Based Behavior
Shame-based behaviors seek to relieve painful feelings of humiliation and grief through escapist behaviors, including avoidance, self-harm, addiction, and compulsions. The purpose of shame-based behaviors is to numb emotional pain. Dysfunctional narcissism often fuels shame-based behaviors through self-deception. It is also an addiction in its own right as it relies on validation from others.
A study published in the The Turkish Journal on Addictions reveals a link between alcohol use disorder and pathological narcissism.
Melvil Poupaud’s portrayal of a coercive control perpetrator is a tour de force in Just The Two of Us (L’Amour et les Forêts).
On shame-based behavior, its role in dysfunctional narcissism, and why it is importance of compassionate understanding.