Dear sadman11:

Strong early emotions, those we had as young children, they are so powerful. We had them at a time before we had many words, before we read articles, when our brain was clear of the many neuropathways that were added later, throughout childhood and on. In that previously cleared brain, emotions vibrated loud and strong, clearly and intensely.

When these intense and ongoing emotions are fear or anger or sadness, and all these, biology makes it so that we are as numb to them as possible, pushing them away from our awareness so that we can function in life. But these emotions don’t go away until adequately expressed and until conflicts are resolved, for example with the parent involved.

anita