Unexpressed Emotions

Have you ever wondered where all of those feelings you never let out go?

When you develop feelings for someone that exceed a mere “crush,” but you can’t find it in you to share, what happens to the emotions that coincide with those feelings? Or better yet the suppression of those feelings?

What about when we find ourselves in the midst of a difficult chapter in our lives and we never make the attempt to navigate through in a way that is constructive?

Or if you experience the loss of a loved one, yet you choose business and distraction as a form of acceptance, do those devastating emotions wither away?

“Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and they will come forth later in uglier ways.” ~Sigmund Freud

The fact of the matter is we’ve all been there — in bed with someone else the next day, taking on a second and third job to avoid going home, pouring our first drink earlier in the day, and the like. So if this is something we can all relate to, then I would imagine the next statement will be too: Those distractions may work for the immediate future, but there is no longevity in the form of “solution” that each brings.

In Sigmund Freud’s writings, he shares that unexpressed emotions are buried alive, meaning there…