Do you ever wonder where the shaming, criticising and sarcasm - ever present in many peoples styles of communication with each other - comes from? Can you think of a few times when you were on the end of such a tirade? Or perhaps when someone else was at the end of a tirade from you? Some parents who were abandoned, neglected or abused as children use this parenting style to an extent with their children. We see the experience and internalising of core shame in relationships