<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Being witnessed can interrupt shame because the... > Being witnessed can interrupt shame because the hidden experience enters relationship without producing automatic expulsion. The nervous system receives new social evidence. Vulnerability becomes safer when the group responds with dignity rather than rank punishment. **Source:** [[livestreams/Witnessing Community Through Shared Testimony - Workbook|Witnessing Community Through Shared Testimony]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Being witnessed can interrupt shame because the hidden experience enters relationship without producing automatic expulsion. The nervous system receives new social evidence. Vulnerability becomes safer when the group responds with dignity rather than rank punishment.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-being-witnessed-interrupt-rather-rank-punishment ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->