Repression: A discovery of your inner turbulence
Have you ever wondered why you have a phobia? And are you able to recollect its origin? Well if no, this can be related to one of the childhood memories that you unknowingly repressed, that became your biggest phobia throughout your life. For example, you were bit by a spider or a dog as a child and later developed a phobia for it unaware of its cause.
Psychology emphasizes on the fact of our old age diseases and ailments being related to our childhood. Is it hard for you to trust someone? Or maybe your relationships as an adult are struggling, this can also be traced back to your past, maybe your parents’ frequent fights in your teens, had a huge impact on you. Studies show about 20–30 per cent of the people face it. To repress something means to cease something from expressing itself, for example, it could be a child’s reaction about his experience with something new being condemned by its parents or your anger being repressed since a long time, burst out one day.
Some might confuse it with the term suppression but they are not the same. Suppression refers to the fact of willingly controlling your desires whereas repression happens unknowingly.
Today in this modern world we all are so busy in our lifestyles that we tend to mislead our own selves. Not getting along with family and looking for some escape from your loneliness with your friends or extensive use of social media can all be the effects of emotional repression.
Today most of us are stressed, looking for happiness, undermining our passion and burdening ourselves by others’ opinions and expectations that we have forgotten to live a life of our own. Try it now How are you feeling right now? Are you able to express it in one go or is it taking too long or maybe you are unable to express it. The inability of expression can be the outcome of emotional repression.
Conclusion
Repression might sound like a war term but actually, it’s more like a war with your mind. With the rising issues of mental health, you can still save yourself just by expressing what you feel or felt be it in the form of words or pictures or anything you wish to. Small expressions of gratitude and self-love can uplift both your heart and mind.
