The mechanism we call "shame" IS the mechanism of emotional repression. Here's how: Shame is the deep somatic fear of being seen. But in life, we're technically already being seen, so what exactly are we afraid of people seeing? Buried, repressed emotions. The reason they were buried and repressed in the first place was so they wouldn't be seen. So we could potentially get love and stay safe. This means our "shame" (a.k.a. our repression) is functional. We need it until we don't. If you're an anger repressor, you're "ashamed" of your anger because you're afraid you or someone else will see it. If you're a hurt repressor, you're "ashamed" of your hurt because you're afraid you or someone else will see it. If you're a sex repressor, you're "ashamed" of your sexual expression because you're afraid you or someone else will see it. If you're a love repressor, you're "ashamed" of your love expression because you're afraid you or someone else will see it. Etc. etc. But when we resolve emotional and energetic repression, meaning when we do enough repression work to the point where our body begins to let us express what was hidden, repressed and buried, our "shame" evaporates. Simple as that. —Dan McLintock [x]