increasing level of disconnection from your Soul occurs .
9 . Repression
Repression differs from suppression in one important way . While suppression is initially a conscious process of having a desire and learning to avoid or ignore it , repression is an entirely unconscious process .
For example , you might have had a traumatising experience as a child that was so scary or unsettling that it had to be immediately buried . Of course , this was not your fault : it happened automatically as an ego defence mechanism . Yet , that repressed content still lies buried within your unconscious and can come out in your life in various destructive ways .
Why it ’ s harmful : The difficulty with repression is that it is automatic and unconscious . As such , we don ’ t even become aware of what our original authentic desires were because they were squashed out before they had the chance to blossom . The result is a feeling of being out of touch with your true self and alienation from life . The solution to this is to do some conscious inner work and go Soul searching *** Also , check out projection and splitting ( which are too long to go into here ). These are also ego defence mechanisms that can harm our wellbeing .
4 Roles the Ego Adopts That Sabotage Self-Growth
The four ego defence mechanism roles are :
1 . Innocent Bystander
One of the greatest hindrances in anybody ’ s journey of self-growth is to fool themselves into thinking they haven ’ t done anything wrong . This may be why the recovering addict ’ s first step is to acknowledge that they have a problem . Most people live in denial or avoidance , denying the need to take a good look at themselves because it keeps them from properly recognising their more unsavoury traits and capacities .
“ The world is screwed up but I ’ m completely guilt-free ” is their basic outlook on life . They refuse to see the interconnection between their actions and lifestyle with the external world around them .