Key points

Unresolved memories can manifest as debilitating mental struggles.

Numbing emotional pain is like ignoring an infected wound.

A "happiness audit" can help you identify repressed problems and begin to heal.

When I was about 14 years old, I spent an afternoon with my oldest cousin, who was quite a bit older than I was. We drove to the town where he had grown up, a place he hadn't lived in for years, so he could see his old home. As he walked around the house and looked at it, he was filled with so much emotion . You could tell some of it was good, but a lot of it was not. He clearly had painful, emotional memories there that resurfaced and took him by surprise, as he kept saying, "I totally forgot about this. It's so different than I remember". After we left, he remained qui

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