This phraseology is probably an apt analogy, in modern day terms, to the process employed by satan. Let us start by briefly addressing two basic concepts, guilt and shame. Guilt has two general meanings applicable to our spiritual health. Guilt can refer to accountability and answerability in judgment for sin.
Guilt can also refer to the remorse associated with having committed sin.
Shame has both a private and a public component although both are linked to our interaction with others. The last issue to be addressed is that of holding on to the memories of what others may have done to us in the past. In essence, we are faced with choices. We can choose to be victims or we can choose to be someone who, although victimized, has gotten on with their life. We can choose to accept God's renewal as a new creature or we can accept satan's whispers that we are forever tainted.