Such suppression wouldn't make the problems any less real, of course, but merely dampen their emotional impact—the "mind's trick" of nostalgia, and any other form of self-suppressive escapism.

but it can also be a form of escapism and reminding yourself of things that you think 'oh, I'd forgotten about that' or 'oh, I didn't know I really thought that'." She added: "We read something ...