Shame is one of the most overwhelming emotions experienced by survivors of sexual abuse, an emotion that tells us we are not good enough, that there is something wrong with us and encourages us to hide the truth.
"Rape-Shame" is a feeling that often seems to take a life on its own, spreading widely through our bones, effecting the way we live and interact with others.

Shame is also difficult to understand or analyze because it's a feeling that stays in hiding and cover itself up.
Being ashamed gives you a sense of inferiority and worthlessness, it makes you feel isolated and haunted by a sense of being a failure.
One of the most painful experience in life is rejection, we all fear it....But when we feel ashamed we are rejecting ourselves, telling ourselves that we are unwanted and unlovable.
Shame is like a wall that separates us form other people because it's almost impossible to let someone get close to you if you think you don't deserve to be cared for.