When people advise you to suppress your feelings, you begin to doubt yourself and the signs your body is sending you. Healing is brought about through feelings (trite but true). When we push away, repress, or condemn ourselves for experiencing emotions, we pay a huge price in terms of our health. Feeling hurt, angry, sad, or guilty can be very painful experiences. But not being able to feel these things completely drains us emotionally and physically. Burying our feelings causes us pain later in life. It may seem easier to ignore what has been done to us than deal with the issues at hand, but the consequences will follow us forever. People who have not taken responsibility for their own actions often turn to others to make them feel better. They might ask you to forgive them or try to fix whatever it was that they did wrong. This is an obvious way for them to avoid dealing with their own problems. If someone has done you harm, whether it be physically, emotionally, or both, you have every right to want to get even with them. However, trying to take out your anger on someone else will only cause you more pain. Instead, focus on how you are feeling and let it out through healthy means. It is important to learn how to cope with our feelings because emotions play a major role in how we function as individuals and as a society.