The power of suppression
A few days ago,I was talking to one of my friends, who was quite irritated.I asked him about the cause of his irritation and he said, that things with his wife were not going well. They were experiencing a sort of a communication break down, where the only things they were uttering to each other were-'kuch nahin' and 'chhodo'. He said that every time they would say something to each other, one of them would flare up and the conversation would go on a world tour! But isn't this normal? Happens with all of us at some point or the other. And it's not just with conversations,but emotions in general. We all have certain emotions that seek instinctual expression, at a given moment in time.And this is more so with emotions like anger,frustration,irritation etc.The power that these emotions have, is immense. There is an immediate relief when they are expressed as instinctively as they arise. But with that relief,there are certain consequences attached as we