keeping it in
- holding backPreventing forward movement
- bottling upContaining emotions internally
- suppressingForcibly restraining or inhibiting
- restrainingHolding something back
- containingHolding within limits
repressing · stifling · swallowing · burying · secret · silence · tension · pressure · lid · cork · dam · bursting · emotions · feelings · private · concealing · withholding · internalizing
emotional expression
keeping it inventing
Releasing emotion verbally
opening up · emoting · breaking down · blowing up · exploding
physical containment
keeping it inreleasing
Allowing to escape
letting go · expelling · discharging · spilling · leaking
information disclosure
keeping it inspilling the beans
Disclosing confidential information
blabbing · revealing · divulging · disclosing · confessing