Title: Emotional suppression: Causes and consequences - PsychMechanics
Headings: Emotional suppression: Causes and consequences
Emotional suppression: Causes and consequences
What are suppressed emotions?
Causes of suppressing emotions
Consequences of suppressing emotions
Emotional numbness: A consequence of emotional suppression
Expressing emotions is important
Sometimes you can’t express your emotions
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Content: Many people believe that expressing negative emotions makes a person appear weak and lacking control. The positive thinking movement encourages people to ignore their negative emotions. People don’t want to get labeled as ‘negative’. Consequences of suppressing emotions
Suppressing our emotions when they need to be expressed causes us to dump them elsewhere on innocent people if we’re not careful. If we keep on suppressing our negative emotions, they get buried in our subconscious. This often results in mood swings, unexplained sadness, and mild depression. Then, when we face a future problem, we won’t just feel bad because of the problem at hand but also because of these suppressed emotions we’re holding on to. Therefore, the intensity of our bad emotions will be more than others who face similar problems. Suppressed emotions that are bottled up intensify over time and express themselves as anger or aggression outbursts. Studies confirm that bottling up emotions can make people more aggressive.