How Toxic Shame Creates The False Self

Toxic shame is an internal separation from your authentic self — the birthplace of the survival persona and the third stage of the Worst Day Cycle™. Trauma recovery specialist Kenny Weiss explains how toxic shame develops in childhood and five characteristics that reveal its presence in adult life.

This video explores how toxic shame creates a survival persona that replaces your authentic self. Kenny Weiss connects toxic shame to the Worst Day Cycle™ (Trauma, Fear, Shame, Denial), the Authentic