Sunday Firesides: Your Awkward Moment is Going, Going . . . Gone

Why does it sting so severely when we embarrass ourselves in front of others?

Anthropologists would likely say it’s a carry-over reflex from our primitive days; we feel anxious about being ostracized from the protections of the tribe.

Maybe so, but it probably also has something to do with the fact that it’s a little terrifying to know that an image of ou…