Suppressing Feelings: The Cost of Emotional Avoidance

Suppressing Feelings: The Cost of Emotional Avoidance

Suppressing feelings is a common coping mechanism that many people use to deal with difficult emotions. Whether it’s sadness, anger, or anxiety, we often try to push these feelings down and ignore them in the hopes that they will eventually go away. However, this approach can actually be detrimental to our mental and emotional wellbeing. […]