Safe and not safe

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When feelings are denied or kept inside

there is typically a buildup of physical tension.  

 

When that tension is not released, an

internal pressure builds up.  

 

An accumulation of such pressure leads

to anxiety, due to fears of losing control

emotionally.  

 

That condition also triggers

anxiety because of its physiological

similarity to the fight/flight response,

which is normally associated with danger.  

 

Thus our personality creates a paradox

in which we deny feelings to prevent

anxiety but experience anxiety when

we deny our feelings.  

 

~ Paul Foxman

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