Oct 14, 2025
got an run of asks that asked a lot about suppression and repression, and fair warning, I have very little brain power atm but, I generally I think Iand I in a place like this:
it’s not something a person is so much as a mode they’re in
it’s a coping thing that anyone can slip in and out of based on psychological wounds of the moment, or excruciating pain, grief events etc. To talk about it divorced of the grief, loneliness, or shame that can precede it… is almost impossible.
#it’s why generally i think i prefer to talk about specific scenes#i’ve taken to using mode for so many things#revenge mode#runaway mode#work mode#overcorrection mode#etc#helps keep it grounded in the context i think#mission mode for example… is cas’s way of repressing his own selfishness#and converting it into the only way he was allowed without death of being executed#dean and bobby hide expressions of care by flinging barbs and sarcasm#outward shield of suppression so no one clocks their weak spots#sam despises (dean’s) weakness in season 4 in order to repress his fear of loss#demon dean clung to anne marie bc he wanted to escape pain w his humanity intact etc etc#jack suppresses his anger soas not to be seen as dangerous… or lose control#mary displaces her fear of john’s civilian life onto her parents#i might be mixing up suppression and repression again but#you get the drift#it’s the emotion behind it that tastes so good#and us humans are t so different from one another#characters arent either when you get down to it
