> [!infobox] <s class="aside-in"><em>mentioned in 1 topic, 6 evergreens</em></s> #### [[Avoidance IS the most-efficient way of dealing with emotion]] - explained by:: [[Our brain actively inhibits us from processing repressed emotions]] - part of:: [[Our brain will do anything it can to protect itself]] %% #TO/EXPLORE/RESEARCH is there a relationship between this and [[PTSD]] %% %% #TO/TEND/WEED %% When experience a strong negative emotion, avoidance can be almost immediate, and is an instinctual response. After [[fear]], avoidance is the first response that we learn as children, and if better [[coping-mechanisms]] are not learned it can become our only coping-mechanism later in life. Avoidance can be enforced by the [[subconscious]] without our [[consciousness|conscious]] [[knowledge]] or [[consent]], and if your [[subconscious]] has learned how to completely tune out [[emotions]], it will start to use it at will. This can lead to a person feeling disconnected and out of control of their emotions, unable to feel certain emotions, or entirely [[dissociation|disassociated]]. This can also result from being told that are [[emotions]] aren't acceptable, which could mean that not just negative emotions, but all emotions could start being avoided. One manifestation of this is our [[ego]], because this works with:: [[Rationalizations are defense-mechanisms against strong emotions]]. Rationalizing an emotion away without actually feeling it is avoidance. Other manifestations are [[dissociation]] or [[self-repression]] and are often the result of highly hostile environments. ^[This is displayed by:: [[Self-repression is the most natural response for trans people in strongly gendered environments]]] %%For me this was realized as being unable to understand why I was the way that I was, because my brain was repressing so many emotions and memories.%% ### <hr class="footnote"/> **Status**:: #EVER/SAPLING *edited 7:35 AM - July 08, 2022* **Topics**:: [[trauma]], [[childhood]], [[emotions]], [[human behavior]]