

- May 13, 2021
Suppression As Protection
Suppressing, or holding things in that need to be revealed, is a way to protect us from the unknown, from being misunderstood, from being judged, from being rejected, from making others uncomfortable, from being labeled as “crazy,” “bad,” or “wrong.” When we suppress, we are preventing ourselves from expressing what we really wish we could say, from feeling what we really need to feel, from revealing our authentic parts. Suppression is protecting ourselves from being in a vul