Depression Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert

“Repression is dangerous. It makes anvils of memories and drops them from impossible heights when you least expect it.”

— Kris Kidd

“If critical analysis of repression is itself inseparable from repression, then surely to think with any efficacy has to be think in some distinctly…

— Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

“Denial and affirmation are games which people play. There are people who deny that they are capable of denying, and who would insist that…

— Idries Shah

“Denial can cause the inability to view matters as they are.”

— Steven Redhead

“Repression isn’t the answer. I know that. It’s one of the things that punish the body for what’s closed up in the mind. It’s…

— Nora Roberts

“Denial is a powerful human component that cannot be ignored in the context of psychological abuse.”

— Shannon Thomas

“Positive thinking founded on denial may not be so great.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Denial is the way people handle what they cannot handle.”

— Shannon L. Alder

“Today you can refuse to think negative thoughts, speak negative words, or engage in any negative behavior.”

— Germany Kent

“When our actions and choices are based on fear and denial ... Well, nothing good can come of that. Ever.”

— Lisa Unger

“Deny people something they want, over a longish period, and they naturally start disagreeing about precisely what it is they do want.”

— Paul Scott

“Denying or repressing strong emotions doesn't eliminate them. Instead, they get displaced or stored up.”

— Susan Forward