Repression/emotional blocking
Repressing an emotion means you know it’s happening but you don’t want to or don’t know how to express that emotion and you don’t experience it. In a way, emotional blocking means not understanding your emotion .
You repress your feelings because you think you shouldn’t be feeling them. This confusion makes you lose emotional freedom.
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