This is certainly true of our own feelings—there are plenty of times when it’s easiest to take whatever emotion we’re experiencing and hide it in an airtight compartment, to be dealt with at a more convenient time (maybe). This is also the moment of truth when we’re faced with exploring someone else’s feelings. It’s like opening Pandora’s box: we don’t know what will emerge, or how it will affect us, or—most critically—what we’ll be expected to do about it.
