Michael: Self-embarrassment is central to our process.
"When people feel anonymous, they no longer have the internal social self-checks of self-consciousness, embarrassment, guilt, or shame that would ordinarily rein in [this type of] behavior," he says.
They reported feeling shame, guilt, self-blame, embarrassment, anger, low self-esteem, shock, worry, unhappiness and surprise on being diagnosed with chlamydia.
It will simply advance, like modern art, into new areas of self-conscious annoyance, more ironic ridiculousness, more self-aware embarrassment.
A bizarre, self-inflicted embarrassment.
Each month seems to bring a new, self-inflicted embarrassment.
The date had gone surprisingly well, and despite my self-inflicted embarrassment on the ice rink, Rockefeller Center had proved the perfect setting for the evening.
And to repay Captain Yee for its self-inflicted embarrassment, the military went at great lengths in court to prove he was having an affair with a female officer.
Stigmatization, self-stigmatization, embarrassment and shame are often seen in connection to mental disorders.
Feelings of low self-esteem, embarrassment and helplessness are common[ 2].
Others have similarly reported that the strongest predictor of help seeking from a general practitioner for males has been self-reported embarrassment [ 61].
