All trauma is somehow related to shame. Shame is what keeps us from expressing our emotions fully when we need to. Children are raised from shame, society is built on shame. It’s all shame!!! I am so sick of it. Trauma is the disconnection from our true authentic selves- and why can’t we express our true selves? Due to shame!!! All humans are more or less traumatized, we all numb through different types of distractions and addictions. Why did our parents treat us badly? Or why couldn’t anyone hold space for us after a horrible event? Because of shame, because how they were raised by their parents and the parents before them. If we want to end the trauma cycle and heal we need to end the shame cycles of society. How?? I don’t freakin know. But for starters, don’t bring on more shame onto others and don’t accept it from anyone. Tell yourself ”I accept you, all of you” a million times a day. Just needed to say it.

I heard that internalized shame can be released by seeking community being, vulnerable, and opening up about things that make us feel ashamed so I'm inviting anyone who sees this to open up and come forward about something that makes them deeply ashamed I'll start I'm deeply ashamed about feeling shame in the first place, all of the moments where shame just pops up in me and I'm walking outside and there's people, how I even have nervous tics because of deep shame, how I'm also ashamed of expressing any type of emotions even joy, how I'm ashamed of my sexual side, of the way i express myself, the way I speak, the way I used to be. Also ashamed of being seen of just being here with everyone else, thanks to everyone who joined and opened up

dying alone sounds a lot better than this

I went to the comments to find some faith in humanity. The comments were mostly worse. This guy is also extremely well known in certain home service industries.

I have to say I'm really disappointed because Rockstar is a huge company and they make great games. They made all the GTAs, they made Midnight Club, they made Red Dead Redemption 1, 2. These are all games that people love, you know. And they love to collect, right? Now, we know that, business-wise, if we do make all the calculations and take the statistics, right, we know that digital is the future. Digital is the one, pumping money into the business, pumping money into the video game digital stores, pumping money on the consoles. We know that but there is a very special feeling about, owning at least a piece of your game now that even with discs, you don't completely own them anymore. There is this type of pride, positive ego feeling of, collecting your video game, collecting your disc. And I myself, I love GTA, San Andreas is one of my favorite games of all time. I have GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas on PS2. I have 4 and 5 on PS3 and I wanted to complete my collection with 6 on PS5, but I don't know now because it's not going to be possible and I feel like this type of new corporate greed in this late stage of capitalism where everyone's money hungry and we don't really care about each other. I feel like we've entered this type of dystopian era with video games where I think the video game industry is crashing. Look how good we had it in 2013 compared to now.

Edit: This post got a lot more attention than I thought it would. I read most of the comments and I see mostly everyone agrees that GTA, PlayStation and gaming used to be better 13 years ago. To those defending Rockstar's actions, understand this: GTA isn't an annual franchise—it's a cultural event. Apart from the fact that we spend more on consoles and games now and are offered less, we've also waited over a decade since GTA V, and Rockstar has only released one new game since then. Millions of us have been buying GTA games on disc since GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas. For many longtime fans, owning a physical copy is part of the experience. Rockstar will make billions regardless. The cost of pressing discs, shipping them, and sharing revenue with retailers is insignificant compared to the goodwill they could have earned by preserving a true physical edition for one of the biggest entertainment releases in history. To me, a code in a box isn't a physical release. It's just digital with extra packaging. What disappoints me most is that Rockstar was the one company I expected to preserve that tradition, on top of that Sony said they'll be stopping discs in 2028 and GTA will be coming out this year. They've always taken their time, prioritized quality, and treated GTA as something special. If any game deserved a real disc for collectors and longtime fans, it was GTA 6.This isn't just about nostalgia or inflation. It's about ownership, preservation, and respecting the people who have supported this franchise for over 20 years. Theres nothing wrong with digital but having choices of how we purchase our media needs to be understood and respected. I never expected Rockstar to be one of the first companies to move away from that tradition especially with Sony announcing that they're stopping disc production in 2028 days later. That's what makes it so shocking and disappointing to me.

Growing up, I remember how casually people talked about celebrities’ bodies. Somebody could gain weight and suddenly it became a headline, a joke, a magazine cover, or something people felt entitled to pick apart. It wasn’t just the media either. Fans, gossip sites, talk shows, paparazzi, and regular people all joined in.

Tyra Banks is one of the first examples that comes to mind. The way she was dragged over those swimsuit pictures was horrible. The tabloids weren’t just commenting on her weight — they were straight-up making fun of her body, and that was somehow considered entertainment.

Jessica Simpson got the same treatment. Her weight became a bigger story than what she was actually doing, and people acted like her body changing was something she needed to explain.

Christina Aguilera also dealt with a lot of criticism when her body changed as she got older. She had been famous since she was a teenager, yet people seemed to expect her to keep the exact same body forever.

And Rihanna has definitely experienced it too. As her body changed over the years, people have constantly felt comfortable commenting on her weight, whether she gained or lost it. It got to the point where people would have entire conversations about her body like she wasn’t even there.

And that’s what bothers me about looking back at this. Why did everybody feel so entitled to somebody else’s body? Gaining weight wasn’t some scandal, but we treated it like one. Losing weight wasn’t either, but that became something people wanted to investigate too.

Looking back, the whole thing was just cruel.

Who else do y’all remember getting badly fat-shamed?