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Nov 8, 2024 · People who have experienced a traumatic event may have repressed memories or emotions—especially since repression can be a protective response to something emotionally or physically painful.
- Depression
- Subjugation
- Paranoia
- Self-Righteousness
- Passive-Aggressiveness
Do you feel sad for seemingly no reason? Do you often feel hopeless and empty? Do you lack energy and motivation, even towards goals you have set? Have you been experiencing an underlying current of sadness for a long period of time? Psychoanalysts have long known that when anger is repressed and turned inward, it turns into depression. People who ...
Some people have learned from their families, schools, or religion that anger is a bad or even immoral thing. They become afraid of the power of their own rage. When anger emerges, they feel an intense inner conflict. Simultaneously there is a force to squash it all down. They may immediately switch the focus onto other people’s needs, or ‘what the...
Paranoiais a less known impact of repressed anger, but it can emerge. When someone has repressed anger, they can sometimes project it outward. Rather than acknowledging that something has caused them to feel hostile, they project these feelings onto others and perceive others to be hostile to them. They experience the world to be a strange and dang...
This kind of anger is quieter, and even if expressed, it is worded as ‘frustration,' or ‘annoyance.' When repressed anger is paired with perfectionistic or obsessive-compulsive tendencies, it may manifest in a self-righteous way, in which the person becomes highly critical of themselves and others with unrelenting standards. People who are highly p...
Passive-aggressiveanger often involves withholding behaviours. A person may forget something, neglect their responsibilities, procrastinate, or perform badly in a task. They may give their partners a cold shoulder, make sarcastic comments, forget their promises, or stubbornly refuse to comply with any request. Someone with passive-aggressive anger ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Repressed emotions, on the other hand, don’t get a chance to be processed. But that doesn’t mean they disappear. Instead, they might show up as a range of psychological or physical symptoms.
- Crystal Raypole
May 29, 2024 · What is it? Vs. somatic symptom disorder. Symptoms of somatization. How to manage. Takeaway. Anxiety that manifests as physical symptoms is called somatic anxiety. Like other forms of...
Aug 19, 2024 · According to Bradley Nelson, DC, trapped emotional vibrations cause surrounding tissues to vibrate at the same frequency, known as resonance. In his book “ The Emotion Code,” Nelson writes, “Each...
- Julianne Ishler
Feb 25, 2024 · Find out what you need to know about repressed emotions. Discover the symptoms and how they can affect your health.
May 4, 2018 · You feel depressed, have trouble with alcohol or drug use, or have other mental health concerns along with anxiety. You think your anxiety could be linked to a physical health problem. You have suicidal thoughts or behaviors — if this is the case, seek emergency treatment immediately.
