This is a good thread, thanks McKell.

Yeah, I think we can consider ourselves all "the untouchables." I remember when I first started therapy I had areas I refused to discuss. Some of them I can't even remember why I didn't want to discuss them, but I am certain shame lives within me. Some others are embarrassing, and/or had to do with sex--and I don't discuss that easily. (Yeah, what a prude.) And yet, there are still other things I just didn't and don't want to feel again, such as certain losses.

Maybe what you are avoiding is hidden in your unconscious and attached to the seemingly normal event, Maybe it holds some pain that will show itself when you are ready.

Peace