There's evidence from james gross at stamford that the act of suppressing our emotions can lead to things like increased cardiac stress. You do worse on a memory test when you're trying to suppress some negative emotion. Soi it has negative costs. We're much better off if we can find ways to regulate and allow those emotions right, to experience them,. Give them some time, and then be self compassionate and nurture ourselves through them. Are there any myths about happiness that you find yourself constantly happing to bust all the time?