<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Shame tells a wounded person to hide the evidence... > Shame tells a wounded person to hide the evidence of pain, but hiding often preserves the conditions that keep the pain unexamined. Honest disclosure in a trustworthy setting can convert private confusion into language, witness, and strategy. **Source:** [[livestreams/Inner Wounds, Nonverbal Signaling, and the Work of Confidence - Workbook|Inner Wounds, Nonverbal Signaling, and the Work of Confidence]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Shame tells a wounded person to hide the evidence of pain, but hiding often preserves the conditions that keep the pain unexamined. Honest disclosure in a trustworthy setting can convert private confusion into language, witness, and strategy.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-shame-tells-wounded-language-witness-strategy ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->