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"When children feel ashamed for
not being good or doing what's right, or letting their
parents down, they come to feel flawed, inferior, no
good, and not worth loving. They learn to think less of
themselves and feel no one could love them. And if their
parents don't love them, they need someone or something
to make them feel good about themselves. And this is the
root of addictive behaviors: They're going to do
whatever they need to do to find self-respect and a
feeling of connectedness of belonging. Or they'll do
whatever necessary to numb or repress their feelings of
low self-worth and the shame and pain of feeling
unloved. This fear of rejection and not being loved
underlies most illness."
- Dean Shrock, Ph.D.
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