The cost of repression...

Feelings have never killed anybody. Repressing them have caused many to lose their lives.

— Unknown

My favourite therapist says “the only way out is the way in.” He says that our instinct is to deny, try to forget, tune out, drown out, avoid our old and painful feelings, but we need to go toward them and resolve them once and for all. He says the issue is that we did not understand or know how to process our feelings when we were kids and so the feelings remain stuck... unless and until we are willing to go in and deal with them. In my experience, the “work” was not fun, quick, easy or cheap, but on the other side truly was a pot of gold in every way. Just sayin’ :) Hugs.

Blessings,

Chatgirl