Shame

Eve covers herself and lowers her head in shame in Rodin's Eve after the Fall.

Shame is an unpleasant self-conscious emotion often associated with negative self-evaluation; motivation to quit; and feelings of pain, exposure, distrust, powerlessness, and worthlessness.[1]

  1. ^ Tracy, Jessica; Robins, Richard (2007). "Self-conscious emotions: Where self and emotion meet". In Sedikides, C. (ed.). Frontiers of social psychology. The self. Psychology Press. pp. 187–209.