Leask Phil
Department of German, University College London, London, UK.
Psychodyn Pract. 2013 May;19(2):129-142. doi: 10.1080/14753634.2013.778485. Epub 2013 Apr 2.
The author identifies acts of humiliation as a specific and often traumatic way of exercising power, with a set of consistently occurring elements and predictable consequences, including a loss of the ability to trust others. It is argued that these consequences are serious and long-lasting. The article makes a distinction between 'shame' as a state of mind and 'humiliation' as an act perpetrated against a person or group. The interplay between humiliation and shame after a humiliating act is discussed. It is argued that the patient's recovery of the capacity to resume a relatively normal life is made more likely if the therapist acknowledges the specificity of humiliation, the impossibility of reversing a humiliating act and the importance of focussing on the consequences of humiliation.
作者将羞辱行为视为一种行使权力的特殊且往往具有创伤性的方式，它具有一系列持续出现的要素和可预测的后果，包括失去信任他人的能力。有人认为这些后果严重且持久。本文区分了作为一种心理状态的“羞耻”和作为针对个人或群体实施的行为的“羞辱”。文中讨论了羞辱行为发生后羞辱与羞耻之间的相互作用。有人认为，如果治疗师认识到羞辱的特殊性、扭转羞辱行为的不可能性以及关注羞辱后果的重要性，那么患者恢复相对正常生活能力的可能性就会更大。
