I've Been Beating Myself up for Years

Dr. Laura Call of the Day

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🗓️ 5 April 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Allie gets a lesson from Dr. Laura on how to let go of the shame she feels about her past. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast. You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.4	Allie, welcome to the program.
0:14.0	Hi, Dr. Laura. How are you? Good. How can I help?
0:19.7	I'm 27. I've been listening to you since I was in middle school, and I was wondering if you could help me process or let go of some shame that I've been feeling for many years.
0:32.4	I probably should have called you like six years ago.
0:35.2	But it's sort of expected my life because I think it's the source of
0:42.3	just some cycles of depression that I've had. And I'm in a really good place in my life now.
0:50.2	And I don't want to say that I'm afraid of that cycle happening again because I know that now I'm in a place where I understand the habits that sort of lead to the depression.
1:03.5	But like, shame just has kept me up at night. And it's shame about, like, decisions I'd made in my past, the behaviors
1:14.5	that I engaged in. And I'm not really sure how to stop those thoughts and feelings.
1:22.3	Okay. Without telling me all the dumb things you did, are you doing any of the dumb things
1:27.2	anymore?
1:29.1	No.
1:30.4	Well, let me explain something to you then,
1:32.2	and I need you to take a deep breath, exhale, relax, and listen carefully.
1:39.8	I'm all good with you feeling shame for being a smart girl making dumb decisions.
1:48.2	I think you should feel shame because it's one of the things that propels us out of
1:53.6	situations. That's part one. That you're doing already. Feeling shame. Okay? Part two.
2:02.3	What increases, what makes a person have self-esteem is when they have the courage to stop.
2:14.3	So I'm okay with you spending time looking at the shame part.
2:19.1	I don't care about that.
2:20.8	But what I'm surprised at is that with equal adoration,
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