Emotional Suppression / Emotional Invalidation

A relational control pattern that trains you to distrust, minimize, or disown your emotional reality in favor of “acceptable” feelings.
• You’re taught that anger, grief, fear, or doubt are sinful/weak/“not of God” (or “low vibration,” etc.).
• You learn to translate real feelings into approved scripts (“just pray,” “submit,” “be grateful”).
• You get dismissed or corrected when you name hurt, making self-silencing feel safer than honesty.

Potential clinical implications (especially in high control settings)

• Emotional numbing or emotional flooding; difficulty identifying and trusting feelings.
• Chronic anxiety/depression linked to persistent self-invalidation and boundary erosion.
• Increased suggestibility because your internal alarm system is treated as unreliable.