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Freud was right on that. Unexpressed emotions can lead to things like ulcers, other digestive issues, and all kinds of other physical ailments - as well as leading to harmful behaviors and addictions and adding to other mental illnesses.

I don't believe for an instant that all of us with mental illnesses are screwed up. But if we let our mental illnesses get out of hand, yeah we can become screwed up. And people of all kinds (even those "normal" people with no mental illness) can screw up in the sense that they choose to do something they will definitely regret later.

Finally your quote by Matthew Reilly is a great one. To me it means don't ever stop trying to move forward. People who stop trying are the ones that get sucked down by life in some form or other.

Great outlooks. Stay strong!