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• Title:
  The Activation and Restoration of Shame in an Intimate Relationship: A First-Hand Account of Self-Injury
• Creator:
  Gunnarsson, Nina Veetnisha
• Contributor:
  University of Jönköping, Sweden;
  Nina.Gunnarsson@ju.se
• Description:
  This paper is grounded in a first-hand account of my own experiences with self-injury and shame. By using my personal diary entries as support for this account and a sociological framework of shame, I explore the process of shame and shame reactions in an intimate relationship. I illustrate how shame was activated by my internalized critical other, how the shame cycle de-stabilized my relationship, and, finally, how shame was restored through the other’s validation and acceptance, or how it led to more shame managed by self-injury. However, this account is not simply about self-analysis, or a need to indulge in my pain; rather, it is an inner dialogue that rests on the commitment to develop a richer understanding of the personal and interpersonal experiences of self-injury and shame. Today, I finally understand how shame works and this has helped me to not get caught up in my emotions. So, although shame may take a hold of me at times, I am no longer, like before, controlled by my shame.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
• Date:
  2021.07.29;
  2021.04.30
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Relation:
  Qualitative Sociology Review;2;
  17
• Subject:
  Self-Injury;
  Shame;
  Social Bonds;
  Critical Other;
  First-Person Account
• Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11089/38415 ;
  1733-8077;
  10.18778/1733-8077.17.2.06
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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• Type:
  image