Hidden
What is Hidden?
Keeping your real feelings, needs, and reactions out of view to avoid the perceived consequences of being truly known.
When you might feel hidden
Hidden is a specific form of suppressed, which itself is a type of masked. You might experience this feeling in situations where masked is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define hidden.
Emotional Hierarchy
Explore Hidden on the Interactive Wheel
Use our free interactive feeling wheel to explore hidden and discover related emotions.
Open Nervous System States WheelRelated Emotions
Deferring to others' wishes to avoid conflict — the fawn response says 'your com...
Giving way reflexively — not from generosity but from a deep-seated belief that ...
Showing a face that doesn't match the inner state — managing others' perceptions...
Smiling, agreeing, laughing — but from the outside in. A protective performance ...
The experience of having something important to say and choosing — or being forc...
Shaping yourself around others' needs as a survival strategy — the nervous syste...