What we are referring to here as “suppression” is keeping a lid on our emotions, pushing
them back down, denying them, repressing them, and pretending they don’t exist. Any
emotion that comes into awareness that is not let go of is automatically stored in a part of
our mind called the subconscious. A big part of how we suppress our emotions is by
escaping them. We take our attention off them long enough so we can push them back
down. You have probably heard the expression “Time heals all wounds.” It’s debatable.