Repressing Emotions Quotes

“Dissociation is the common response of children to repetitive, overwhelming trauma and holds the untenable knowledge out of awareness. The losses and the emotions engendered by the assaults on soul and body cannot, however be held indefinitely. In the absence of effective restorative experiences, the reactions to trauma will find expression. As the child gets older, he will turn the rage in upon himself or act it out on others, else it all will turn into madness.”
― Judith Spencer, Satan's High Priest

“Because whipping an atlas at Jackson's head while he was flirt-touching that Frankie girl in geography would have been very satisfying. And beating him with the Eiffel Tower snowglobe while he kissed Cleo in French would have been tres cathartic. But she hadn't. Instead she'd been egg-like: a hard shell on the outside, and a runny mess on the inside.”
― Lisi Harrison, Monster High

“You could continue to repress and think about the life you could have had or you can take what you want from life and see that the world finds that person infinitely more irresistible...”
― Roberto Hogue, Real Secrets of Sex: A Women's Guide on How to Be Good in Bed

“Yes, well, rein it in, Prom King. British people have been successfully repressing our emotions since before your country was even a thing.”
― Holly Bourne, How Hard Can Love Be?

“The student must be allowed to develop his thinking ability and creativity, instead of repressing them from an early age.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo, Treatise Upon The Misconceptions of Narcissism