Repression

It's about this-

... uh, 17, 18-year-old half goblin prince named Maia.

He finds out that, like, the emperor and all of his half-brothers died in an airship accident, and now he's the emperor

Be the leader in your marriage like the leader you were in your place of business.

Because if you continue to stuff things down, you're going to continue to experience the serious consequences of emotional repression.

You've heard me on the podcast share it a thousand times.

Emotion is literally energy in motion.

the state of your marriage and the state of your well-being.

I

imagine the only change is that emotional repression grows stronger and deeper.

Things at home actually get worse and resentment

hillhouse is doing the Exact Same thing to eleanor It isolates her from the Group By making her believe the house is communicating specifically With her Its like a mirror

Hill House Really revolutionized the genre because it introduced the idea that a haunting is rarely just About angry spirits A haunting is a psychological Mirror yeah Jackson explores How mental fragility Class anxieties and Repressed gender dynamics can Manifest as Supernatural terror The horror isn't that a Ghost might kill you The horror is that Your own mind influenced by a toxic Environment Might convince you that You belong to the Ghosts

Its Terrifying because it removes the safety net of your own sanity completely So if shirley jackson Weaponizes the Silence of a house Using elegant Controlled prose hmm What happens When a Writer decides to weaponize the actual Physical Architecture of the Book you were holding in your hands

man Then you Get a Completely different intensely Disorienting experience you Get Mark Z Danielewski 'S house of leaves Published in two thousand