Running
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks agoUsing Sports to Develop Good Character
Sports provide opportunities to practice virtues and improve moral character through repeated intentional actions.
Indeed, our most painful and vivid memories are often of experiences in which we were humiliated by or in front of others. Embarrassment can lead to shame and self-loathing. It can diminish our confidence, shake us from our sense of certainty, and cause the kind of repression that expresses itself in all types of neuroses. When we feel embarrassed, we want to avoid others and conceal that of which we are ashamed.