shame

I am currently trying to work through a certain meme where you draw an object head in response to a prompt, and this guy was for the prompt "representation of an emotion".

I chose "shame" - I was trying to envision it akin to going through a reel of film and trying to cross out or “blot” the slides, like someone trying to go through their memories and trying to get rid of them because of how much shame they felt over it. Also, I realized that this could also fit denial well, like, getting rid of a memory or emotion by pretending it doesn’t exist (“crossing it out”).