Which one do you suffer more from ? Suppression or Repression ?
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Luckylu · 61-69, F
I looked up the definitions of repression and suppression because what the image states was confusing to me.
Cambridge dictionary:
[quote][b]repression[/b]
noun [ U ]
the use of force or violence to control a group of people
the process and effect of keeping particular thoughts and wishes out of your conscious mind in order to defend or protect it[/quote]
Then I looked up suppression:
[quote][b]suppression[/b]
noun [ U ]
/-ˈpreʃ.ən/
the act of ending something by force
the act of preventing something from being seen or expressed or from operating[/quote]
Looking at both of these it isn't a matter of which I do more of. I do them both probably equally given the situation, such as, when I was a child I stopped myself from talking when I knew someone didn't want to hear what I had to say. This became a learned response around such people (my parents) after them telling me to stop talking or asking questions. I would just not talk when there were things I wanted to say or ask because I knew they didn't want to hear what I had to say.
I also learned to suppress certain thoughts and impulses because of what I was taught and later because of how negative thoughts impact me.
I think it should be more about whether it is harmful to ourselves and if so how much of what we is. Can we learn to stop the harmful patterns and make them healing patterns?
Cambridge dictionary:
[quote][b]repression[/b]
noun [ U ]
the use of force or violence to control a group of people
the process and effect of keeping particular thoughts and wishes out of your conscious mind in order to defend or protect it[/quote]
Then I looked up suppression:
[quote][b]suppression[/b]
noun [ U ]
/-ˈpreʃ.ən/
the act of ending something by force
the act of preventing something from being seen or expressed or from operating[/quote]
Looking at both of these it isn't a matter of which I do more of. I do them both probably equally given the situation, such as, when I was a child I stopped myself from talking when I knew someone didn't want to hear what I had to say. This became a learned response around such people (my parents) after them telling me to stop talking or asking questions. I would just not talk when there were things I wanted to say or ask because I knew they didn't want to hear what I had to say.
I also learned to suppress certain thoughts and impulses because of what I was taught and later because of how negative thoughts impact me.
I think it should be more about whether it is harmful to ourselves and if so how much of what we is. Can we learn to stop the harmful patterns and make them healing patterns?
in10RjFox · M
@Luckylu So can we say What Parents did to you was Repression, and what happened to you as a consequence was Suppression?
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I think it should be more about whether it is harmful to ourselves and if so how much of what we is. Can we learn to stop the harmful patterns and make them healing patterns?[/quote]
It is harmful to oneself and to the society and the world. And Expression is how we release our Suppression, so it does not remain inside unresolved and in a benign state until it becomes malignant.
[quote]
I think it should be more about whether it is harmful to ourselves and if so how much of what we is. Can we learn to stop the harmful patterns and make them healing patterns?[/quote]
It is harmful to oneself and to the society and the world. And Expression is how we release our Suppression, so it does not remain inside unresolved and in a benign state until it becomes malignant.
Luckylu · 61-69, F
@in10RjFox Of course what they did was repression but I carried it on not just with them but in other areas of my life, like at school, even when a teacher asked for input from the students I would not volunteer to talk.
I don't think all of it is harmful. If we are taught to do bad things and this becomes something we do, repressing it can be good if it makes us feel good about ourselves in the process. It doesn't become toxic or malignant. It would become toxic and malignant if we continued to do those bad things, especially if it made us feel bad about ourselves.
I don't think all of it is harmful. If we are taught to do bad things and this becomes something we do, repressing it can be good if it makes us feel good about ourselves in the process. It doesn't become toxic or malignant. It would become toxic and malignant if we continued to do those bad things, especially if it made us feel bad about ourselves.
in10RjFox · M
@Luckylu
From AI when I asked it to explain in terms of food and digestion.
[quote]Yes, that's a very apt way to think about it! Suppressing emotions or memories is akin to preventing oneself from vomiting, where there is a conscious effort to hold back and stifle the discomfort. Meanwhile, repression can be likened to regurgitation, as it involves a more passive and involuntary bringing back up of the suppressed emotions or memories. These analogies effectively capture the differences in the nature and processes of suppression and repression. [/quote]
From AI when I asked it to explain in terms of food and digestion.
[quote]Yes, that's a very apt way to think about it! Suppressing emotions or memories is akin to preventing oneself from vomiting, where there is a conscious effort to hold back and stifle the discomfort. Meanwhile, repression can be likened to regurgitation, as it involves a more passive and involuntary bringing back up of the suppressed emotions or memories. These analogies effectively capture the differences in the nature and processes of suppression and repression. [/quote]