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<blockquote "definition">'''Emotional Suppression Mechanisms''' are strategies the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to suppress painful, unbecoming, or out of hand emotional responses. </blockquote>
<blockquote "definition">'''Emotional Suppression Mechanisms''' are strategies the [[Bodily Ego]] uses to suppress painful, unbecoming, or out of hand emotional responses. </blockquote>


==Related Terms==
==Related LP Terms==  


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==Non-LP Related Terms==
 
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==Notes==
==Notes==


"...it is our very nature to repress disagreeable or unbecoming emotions or urges; and if we observe that our feelings are getting out of hand, we try to repress them. These repressions may be of voluntary or involuntary types."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948 p. 48.<ref>
"...it is our very nature to repress disagreeable or unbecoming emotions or urges; and if we observe that our feelings are getting out of hand, we try to repress them. These repressions may be of voluntary or involuntary types."<ref>Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948 p. 48.</ref>


Emotional suppression, while functional in the short term, is debilitating when chronically activated.  Repression of emotions, strong emotions, anxieties, depression, etc. undermines the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health of the body.  
Emotional suppression, while functional in the short term, is debilitating when chronically activated.  Repression of emotions, strong emotions, anxieties, depression, etc. undermines the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health of the body.  
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 8 Ocak 2023

Emotional Suppression Mechanisms are strategies the Bodily Ego uses to suppress painful, unbecoming, or out of hand emotional responses.

Related LP Terms

Defence Mechanisms > Connection Pathology, Ego, Physical Unit, Psychological Defence Mechanisms

Non-LP Related Terms

Defence Mechanisms > Ego Threat

Notes

"...it is our very nature to repress disagreeable or unbecoming emotions or urges; and if we observe that our feelings are getting out of hand, we try to repress them. These repressions may be of voluntary or involuntary types."[1]

Emotional suppression, while functional in the short term, is debilitating when chronically activated. Repression of emotions, strong emotions, anxieties, depression, etc. undermines the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual health of the body.


Footnotes

  1. Akhilananda, Swami. Hindu Psychology: Its Meaning in the West. Routledge, 1948 p. 48.