Shannon's Journal

[Shannon]

Shannon, does Alpha Male help with overcoming unhealthy emotional guilt and/or (toxic) shame? And if so, in what way? And on which stages would this be addressed? I'm asking this because I believe that this is one of the root causes that has done a lot of damage to my perceived identity and undermined my ability to feel save fully express myself with healthy masculine feelings and being true (emotional wise) to yourself instead of just putting up a mask or cowering away.

It would help knowing that this would be handled by the program or that I have to figure this one out for myself (again).

AM works on making you emotionally healthy. That's the goal. But it does so my working on self esteem, self worth, self reliance, self respect, true pride (as opposed to false pride) and self control. It pushes you to do only those things that increase and improve those things. Guilt and shame are not directly dealt with, but it would seem that they are going to have to be destroyed by the program as a natural result of it dealing with the rest. These things are dealt with in all six stages, but are approached in different directions.

What specifically has you feeling guilt and shame? Is fear a part of that?

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I'm currently on stage 2 of AM, but I haven't noticed any impact on this thinking pattern so far, so that's pretty much the reason for asking. And I don't think I would become a good version of a healthy male if this isn't properly addressed.

I don't think that the issues you're dealing with are going to be fundamentally fixed by the alpha set. The set isn't specifically designed to deal with them. Guilt, shame and fear are among the most damaging of the negative emotions, and you will more than likely need a skilled therapist to help you figure out how to purge those feelings and responses properly.

That said, there's nothing in AM2011 that should negatively impact you, and it's entirely possible that you will benefit significantly; but it may be that you need to dislodge and disgorge your toxic shame before you will allow yourself to make certain changes subconsciously. I cannot know that at a distance, and I am not qualified to diagnose you or offer the services that a psychologist or psychiatrist can offer you. In cases like yours, I believe that the personal touch is going to be a better option because the therapist can adjust the therapy as new information comes to light.

AM2011 isn't designed or intended to deal with personality disorders.