Psychology Today | 15.06.2026 03:14
The feeling of shame is not talked about much. We feel it, and then call it low self-esteem or say we don't feel good about ourselves. Sometimes, guilt gets confused with shame. Guilt is feeling bad about ourselves because of what we did. Shame is feeling like a bad person because of who we are. But shame isn’t just unfortunate. While sociopaths and psychopaths don’t feel guilt or shame, the rest of us usually do when we violate one of our core values. Hence, shame can also point us back to what it means to be in integrity.
