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Mental Health : Suppression
"Suppression... In psychology, suppression is the act of stopping yourself from thinking or feeling something. It is generally presumed to be ineffective because even if you suppress or hold back an emotion, like anger, that feeling returns with a vengeance."

In my understanding, together with my experience, I strongly believe that suppression is linked to depression, oppression and mind attack.

Suppression may seem like an unnecessary term but trust me, there are many times when we suppress our feelings, reactions to things and actions towards those situations; we suppress our feelings so much that we end up spewing out lava worse than the volcanic eruptions at Mount Tombora (regarded as the volcano with the deadliest eruptions in history-- pretty dramatic! But it's fitting).
On the other hand, calmness and suppression should never be mistaken for each other.

Can you recall the times someone really pissed you off? You smiled to their face then you got home so angry, that you ruined your evening and you destroyed the positive aura around you?. So, would you consider that calm or suppressed emotions? Calmess is not displaying or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions, still think you're calm? You end up damaging yourself while that person thinks it's okay to use you as a punching bag.

I recall the times when I was completely unhappy about something and I suppressed those feelings so much, to perhaps, "maintain peace" around me. I sure did succeed at...