The long-term pain suffered by suppressing emotions is far greater than the short-term pain of confronting them.

~ Sam Owen

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I’ve suppressed my aspirations to forget all rationality and let the moment explain everything, for nothing to be said and everything understood. If only I knew how to let these feelings out.

~ Saim .A. Cheeda

Saim .A. Cheeda Aspirations Denial Emotions Feelings If Only Love Moment Rationality Reciprocation Suppressing Emotions

The fear of what might happen stops people but the trauma process is so beautiful and transformational. There is nothing to fear in our emotions, they will not swallow you whole - they will speak to you in profound ways.

~ Adele Theron

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The British boy suffers the greatest restraint during the period when the call of nature, the instincts of play and adventure, are most urgent. Naturally, he looks eagerly forward to the time of escape, which he fondly imagines will be when his boyhood is over and he is free of masters.

~ William Henry Hudson

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