It's kind of weird the way our minds work, isn't it? It hides things from us to protect us, but even when we're "ready" to deal, the mind just keeps trying to bury them. It's sort of like a parent that way...it was totally appropriate for a parent to protect their children from certain things when they're very young, but if they keep up that level of protection as the child gets older, they actually can do a great deal of harm.