ELI5: Why emotions from suppressed sources feel much stronger than regular emotions When something pisses me off, I shake it off a few minutes later, but when my sister, whom I have built up a lot of resentment towards over the years, pisses me off, I want to choke the life out of her. I've never laid a hand on her but the urge is intense, I feel the anger down to my very core and it almost seems to resonate through my whole body. Even the very thought of her makes me mad and I can feel my heart rate rising just typing this.