Emotional Suppression
Dimension 535 of 1,100 · Health Lens
Emotional Suppression measures the tendency to inhibit, conceal, control, or judge emotional experience and emotional display. It encompasses hiding feelings from others, restricting outward expression, and treating emotions as states that should be contained or not openly shown.
Minimal Emotional Suppression
Expressions activating this band describe emotions as noticed, released, or handled without strong concealment, with mixed and sometimes weakly related content. Emotional experience may be acknowledged directly, and any restraint appears limited or situational rather than organized around hiding feelings.
Low Emotional Suppression
Expressions activating this band describe selective holding back of feelings, keeping disagreement or emotion to oneself, or trying to regulate reactions while still recognizing and sometimes expressing emotions. Emotional control is present, but it is partial and coexists with awareness and occasional openness.
Moderate Emotional Suppression
Expressions activating this band describe active monitoring of emotions together with caution about showing them or acting on them. Feelings are experienced as impactful, but expression is filtered through fear, restraint, or deliberate management.
High Emotional Suppression
Expressions activating this band describe a consistent pattern of hiding distress, masking true feelings, maintaining a controlled outward appearance, and criticizing oneself for emotional reactions. Emotions are treated as experiences that should be concealed, softened, or kept from public view.
Severe Emotional Suppression
Expressions activating this band describe strong, deliberate containment of emotion, including waiting for privacy before becoming upset, keeping feelings under tight control, and worrying about any visible emotional display. Emotions are experienced as inappropriate, undesirable, or something that should remain hidden from others.