![]() ![]() ![]() But the interpretations we have around those events, around those situations, are going to be so different based upon our previous history and based upon the way we interpret things in life. You get a better idea of how you interpret the world and what becomes significant to you.Īnd you know it’s funny? Life is just a series of events! You and I participate in events and situations that we come across. So where does one start and one begin? And can you tease apart these two?Īnd when working with guilt and shame-and actually even all emotions-the invitation is to come in with a sense of curiosity, to not resolve something for the sake of resolving it, but to understanding it more.īecause what happens out of all of this is you get a better idea of who you are as that unique observer in the world. And shame is about violating the community standards. Guilt as I mentioned earlier is about violating your own internal standards. So now that you have these two words in their own linguistic history and their own linguistic background, I think perhaps it’s easier to work with them. But it’s very interesting that the Norse have a word that indicates some sort of physiological response which is the blushing, the cheek redness. The other possible root for shame comes from old English word, “scamu “-once again, my pronunciation-and it’s related to “disgrace,” “dishonour,” and “loss of esteem.” So we can very clearly see that shame is related to standards of the community. The etymology comes from an old Norse word which is-again forgive my pronunciation-”kinnroði.” And which sounds to me like “ruddy.” And it actually means “cheek redness.” So the emotion of shame, according to the old Norse, has to do with some sort of physiological response which results in cheek redness. Now shame, for me in my research, I found there’re two roots to it. So perhaps there is some sort of damage to property that the guilty is obligated to pay for.Īnd that brings us to the emotion of shame. One is “gylt” and the other one is-you know, forgive my pronunciation but-is “gieldan.” The first one “gylt” comes from the meaning of “sin” or “moral defect” or some sort of “failure of duty.” And the second one “gieldan” is about paying for something to discharge a debt. With guilt it comes from two old English words. ![]() This is because a lot of us were trained-you know-we go to school, we memorize facts, we remember facts, we regurgitate facts! And so we’re used to training our mind and working with the historical aspect of language and the descriptive aspect of language. That they have some sort of special meaning and significance to you.Īnd I found that, in my examinations of emotions with myself and also with my clients, I’ve noticed that when you explore emotions from a linguistic perspective, things actually start to clear up more easily than they would have otherwise. So with that said, guilt and shame are going to be interpreted in a way that is unique to you. And you live a certain, unique interpretation of the world. Because you as an observer are unique and individual. And that’s because the interpretation that we put around each of these emotions is unique. What one person considers “guilt” in their life is going to be different from the way another person experiences guilt. Now guilt and shame are emotions that have significant meaning to each of us in our own lives. Because when we approach these words from a linguistic perspective, it really helps to understand the root of these words. In this video I’m going to talk about guilt and shame but this time I’m going to talk about their etymology. ![]()
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