Avoiding Quote by Sheryl Sandberg

“Being afraid of an emotion and not letting yourself feel it is different. It may scare you, but you don't stop it.”

— J.M. Sevilla

“What’s the point in protecting yourself when it keeps you from feeling anything?”

— Nyrae Dawn

“Feelings don't go away, people do.”

— Dennis Sharpe

“Feelings can have a life of their own and you have very little direct control over them, except perhaps to make them worse.”

— Julian Short

“I can’t allow my feelings to go unnoticed without being followed with reason.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

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

— Susan Forward

“It is our determination to overcome fear and discouragement that constitutes the only effective antidote to the sense of powerlessness over unwanted feelings.”

— Gordon Livingston

“Feelings are not as uncomfortable to experience as they are to express.”

— Lindsay Corse

“Steady denial of feelings can confuse and enrage kis. Also teaches them not to know what their feelings are--not to trust them.”

— Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish

Some feelings don't really go away, they just get avoided.

— Anonymous

“I'm against having emotions, not against using them.”

— Harvey Specter

“Avoidants are not exactly open books and tend to repress rather than express their emotions.”

— Amir Levine