Quotes about Repression

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Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways. — Sigmund Freud
What then did you expect when you unbound the gag that muted those black mouths? That they would chant your praises? Did — Jean-Paul Sartre, Black Orpheus
I wonder if being sane means disregarding the chaos that is life, pretending only an infinitesimal segment of it is real — Rabih Alameddine, Koolaids: The Art of War
Often, her mate is the child of a narcissist, already indoctrinated to regard exploitation and disregard as love. Others — Elan Golomb, Trapped in the Mirror: Adult Children of Narcissists in Their Struggle for Self
Memory repression thrives in shame, secrecy, and shock. The shame and degradation experienced during sexual assault is p — Renee Fredrickson, Repressed Memories: A Journey to Recovery from Sexual Abuse
We could not be fulfilled if we weren't inauthentic some of the time—inauthentic, that is, in relation to such things as — Alain de Botton
With all due respect to all philistines, the dictatorship of the proletariat does just consist in "giving a hiding" to t — Leon Trotsky, Terrorism and Communism: A Reply to Karl Kautsky
We are afraid of what we will do to others, afraid of the rage that lies in wait somewhere deep in our souls. How many h — Joshua Loth Liebman, Peace of Mind: Insights on Human Nature That Can Change Your Life
As the many male victims of rape in the regime's disgusting jails can testify, this state-run pathology of sexual repres — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
In 2006, there is no army of recovered memory therapists, and Dr McNally’s assumptions about patients with PTSD and thos — Colin Cameron
All lived lives of dignity and repression. — Mary Lou Foster Cooper
I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about. — Ang Lee