Posted by Dinah on July 19, 2002, at 20:50:34
In reply to I have shame attacks, posted by linkadge on July 19, 2002, at 17:51:03
Fortunately attitudes are changing over time. And maybe there will be a day when there will be no guilt attached to perfectly natural activities. Even the parenting book written by my rather strict church mentions it as being nothing to make a child feel shame for.
I'm not sure rather you're a guy or gal, but I'll give you the name of a book recommended by my therapist (who incidentally was completely off the mark in recommending it to me). It's called For Yourself by Lonnie Barbach. And if you're a guy, it may not be the right book for you. But I'm guessing there may be similar books for men.
And you might want to give some thought to talking to a therapist about this. It's not such an uncommon problem, I believe. And cognitive therapy might help quite a bit.
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