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Shame is described as occurring when the individual fails to live up to the positive ego ideal. There may be value in delineating another intrapsychic structure, the negative ego ideal, which is the internalized negative standards of the parents and culture. Intense shame, humiliation, or mortification (Eidelberg 1957, 1959) occur when the individual feels about himself in a way which approximates the negative ego ideal.