Emotional Suppression Mechanisms
Emotional Suppression Mechanisms are strategies the Bodily Ego uses to suppress painful, unbecoming, or out of hand emotional responses.
Related Terms
Defence Mechanisms > Truth Entitlement
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"...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.
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