Can I recover for my hurt feelings shame or humiliation in a defamation case?

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You can recover for your hurt feelings, shame, and humiliation in a defamation case. The purpose of the defamatory statements made against you are normally to shame you, to humiliate you, to have you feel negatively about yourself, and therefore, those elements of emotional distress and mental anguish are recoverable in a defamation case. Now remember you have to prove that those statements were false and made without any justification, but if you sustain those damages, you can testify to them, and you are certainly able to recover them in a defamation lawsuit.