Guilt is I did something wrong. Shame is I AM wrong. Shame is very hard to change. If you were shamed as a child, chances are you feel that you are bad, down deep. The awful thing about shame is that nothing external touches it. Shame drives people to addictions. It is the main cause for addictions. Shame just hurts so much that it is almost unbearable. What to do for it? i don’t know any other way out of it but God.It is too deeply woven in to the framework of a person. God’s love is the only thing that can melt shame, I think.