Liz Murray: Self-Conscious Emotions
In the last post, I talked about that Liz had been surrounded by a deep sadness before she reentered high school. One of the reasons was that life did not give her a chance to deal with her emotions because she was busy taking care of her mother, struggling with hunger, and finding a place to sleep. A lot of events that happened to her were uncontrollable, so shame and guilt definitely appeared in her story. However, as one proverb says that God will open a window when he closes a door, Liz also had success and experienced pride in her life. When Liz was in elementary school, she barely went to school because she knew that her classmates would stay away from her, and they would say to her, “You smell stinky.” That was because her dad thought taking a bath was too much, so Liz decided not to take a shower in order to please her dad. Therefore, she had to tolerate the uncomfortable feeling in her body and the unfriendly look from her classmates. Her teacher also emphasized this issu
