Anti-Life feelings such as shame or despair are the lowest of the emotions on the Levels of Consciousness scale. While very few people permanently live at this level, almost everyone carries some anti-life emotions that lower their overall level of consciousness. Shame is one of the underlying emotions when one is in a state of despair, hopelessness, or deep depression. Traumatic childhood experiences that have gone unprocessed create pockets of shame and other painful impressions in the system which lead to feelings of being overwhelmed, and encourage lower behaviors to compensate, such as extreme withdrawal or lashing out at others. Prolonged drug abuse can lower a person to this state, where they may experience paranoia, hallucinations, and psychotic behavior.

The following are indicators of unprocessed anti-life emotions: