Emotions are temporary states lasting approximately 25 seconds to 90 seconds maximum, but shame is often experienced as ongoing because people repeatedly retrigger shame through habitual thoughts and limiting self-beliefs rather than responding to fresh emotional stimuli.

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Eve Ekman

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emotions are triggered in a 25th of a second and last usually no longer than 30 seconds sometimes 90 seconds most of us experience shame as something that feels very ongoing so we are consistently retriggering

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What's shame got to do with it? - Dr. Eve Ekman & Tenzin Chogkyi.Science & Wisdom LIVE
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:14:25 AM

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