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We may never know why people keep their feelings hidden, but their reasons are often clear. From chronic pain to grief, there are many reasons for hiding feelings.
Stay tuned to learn how to identify these 10 signs someone is hiding their feelings from you, and how you might be able to help yourself or the other person in some way.
1)They don’t want to impose on anyone.
Hiding one’s emotions becomes a necessity when they have experienced trauma that has made them afraid of being overwhelmed emotionally by anyone else’s emotions or energy. Feeling strong emotion can be seen as a sign of weakness in this situation, so they choose not to feel anything at all instead of showing vulnerability for fear of rejection or abandonment.
2) They don’t want to hear or respond to the feelings of others.
When feelings begin to be expressed that might open up areas of grief, depression, anxiety, anger, or other negative emotions stirred by life, they may choose to withdraw so others don’t see how deeply the pain runs. They become closed off and often closed off from one another out of fear for their own well-being.
