Suppressing Emotions Sometimes suppressing sentiments is an effective approach to get rid of them. It is an excellent method of coping with sorrow and can assist us in overcoming extreme loss. Furthermore, suppressing emotional expression may help to weaken the experience of an emotion (via facial feedback). This can be useful in reducing anxiety or lowering mood related to certain conditions. The problem with this method is that it prevents us from learning anything about our emotions or what we need to do to change them. Also, it may cause the sentiment to surface later in more serious ways - for example, by producing negative results on a psychometric test - so this strategy is not recommended. It is possible to block out feelings, but only for a while. Eventually, they will come flooding back and it's not recommended to suppress emotions regularly.