SUBJUGATION: Excessive surrendering of control to others because one feels coerced — usually to
avoid anger, retaliation, or abandonment. The two major forms of subjugation are:
a. Subjugation of Needs: Suppression of one’s preferences, decisions, and desires.
b. Subjugation of Emotions: Suppression of emotional expression, especially anger.
Usually involves the perception that one's own desires, opinions, and feelings are not valid or
important to others. Frequently presents as excessive compliance, combined with hypersensitivity
to feeling trapped. Generally leads to a build up of anger, manifested in maladaptive symptoms
(e.g., passive-aggressive behavior, uncontrolled outbursts of temper, psychosomatic symptoms,
withdrawal of affection, "acting out", and substance abuse)
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