Would you repress your feelings or express them?
455145
Repression and expression are normal. Repression of one's deepest desires is called a fantasy. Fantasies and dreams are an integral part of coping with day to day mundane occurrences. Expression of those desires is an award of sorts, and can become addictive. The more expressed one becomes, the more often they express the wrong things at the wrong time and then have to cope with trying to repress those urges again. Otherwise, absolute expression of the self will eventually put everyone in a situation where someone else is going to repress them anyways.
2417
me as a people person i would go up to the friends thats being bad and talk to them if you listen and try to hammer in that you are listining people will talk they may have some bad pent up feelings that just came out that way. so talk is all i can say.
668175
there is absolutey nothing wrong with that.  if you don't feel it, just don't say it.  i personally save those words for only people i truly mean it to.  those words should NEVER just be given to anyone.
296713
Well this is totally different than what we discussed a few days ago......lol  The "Carry off" portion changes the whole perspective. When you say it this way....I realize you are talking about "masking" feelings with happiness......or promoting the feeling of unhappiness for the sake of your audience. \n\nYes, I'm a master at smiling and making the world think I'm happy. (even when things are crumbling around me) Rarely do people know the blows that life lands on me because I won't allow the efffects to show in my demeanor. It's not that it is work.....it's not that it is hard to do.....it's just how it is. I never want people to feel sorry for me or to feel that they must take on my burdens, so I tackle things on my own in my own time and don't show the negative side. \n\nThus why I said earlier that maintaining a "negative" disposition would be harder work for me. It would mean that I would actually have to bring my issue to the forefront of my mind and think about it. It's such a natural response for me to just "table" it until I'm alone. When someone that knows me well sits me down and says, "Ok, spill it....something is eating at you." Well it takes all the strength and effort in the world to make myself actually "unload." I seriously just have a very very hard time burdening anyone else with the things floating around in my head. So hands down.............it's easier to maintain a positive disposition than a negative one. \n\n*now all of you think I need therapy right? lol....you just might be right!! lol*
265840
Tell him/her how you feel and to stop.
145854
I wouldn't deal well.  I have a tendancy to try to break rules a little bit if I feel I'm not wanted.  Pink hair, tattoos etc.
490282
Boy, I think we all get to that point at times. I hear ya and empathize. I've found when I feel one of those moods coming on, I tell myself.. This "mood" is entirely up to me, I can CHOOSE to be miserable and make others miserable OR I can CHOOSE to be upbeat and let things slide off my shoulders for another day.. What would ya rather do today?  Sometimes, it's grudgingly, but I opt for the upbeat choice. Another thing is to set a NEW goal in life, whether it be work or your personal life and get excited about it.\n\n\nP.S.  Being able to bring a smile to others is a gift that should be shared often by us all and the doom n gloom we sometimes feel does not in anyway fix our situations, so consider it a waste of time.
198615
you!!!what ever you feel like doing or saying and not      influents by someone or something...saying how you feel by any giving time or place not giving a hell what anybody say..it's all you... you didnt make your self..what you see is what you get...
73396
depends on what do you feel about this person
19433
Open ur mouth & say it!\nAccept the fact & face the situation \nnot your feeling.
796421
think how you would feel if the situation were reversed? but i know how you feel, i take numbers even though i have no interest in calling that person, i mean some guys cant take no for an answer. all you can do is tell the truth.
380827
Yes, but it took the help of a Dr and many sessions to recover those memories.  \n\nUnderstanding the TRUE definition of "repressed" is needed, I believe.  For repression keeps that which can not be consciously confronted, out of consciousness. Repressed. \nIt is different than suppression, which is an intentional squashing of a thought. This is the phenomenon of "see no evil, say no evil" and refusing to think about something painful or anxiety producing. This is frequently the process which is invoked between the time of a stressful event or discussion (including therapy), and pouring that cocktail or popping that pill, or going online (hehe!), when disinhibition (which is freedom to act according to one’s inner drives or feelings, with less regard for restraints imposed by cultural norms) takes over and suppression can stop working so hard. With repression, however, one doesn't have choice or volition. What is repressed is repressed, and takes work to fully identify and address through psychoanalysis.
808171
I found the easiest way to tell someone, at least for me, was to just write a note. Writing your feelings down allows you to express exactly what you feel, but are afraid to in person. It worked quite a few times for me.
357452
why do u repress it? start expressing it. there is nothing wrong in being angry. if some people around u can not tolerate it they have to leave and they re not your real friends. be yourself and show your feelings. those who love u for what u re can tolerate a lot trust me.
329233
Maybe tell them how you feel. They might feel the same way you do.
301803
it helps express your feelings...
539892
I would feel pretty hurt, but if I stayed in the relationship I would owe it to my significant other to speak up.  I would just tell them I felt like I was doing all the initiating and ask why they didn't do it more often. I would also tell him or her that I needed to feel wanted and pursued, and see where it went from there I guess.