Repression of emotions can lead to a refusal to accept or recognize oneself, which is often dangerous. Notably, in Garden State, Bright Lights, Big City, and “The Story of an Hour,” each character consciously struggles with everyday life, secretly hiding how they truly feel, leaving them with an emotionless façade. In a state of discomfort, the characters in Garden State, Bright Lights, Big City and “The Story of an Hour” have repressed their emotions by living in repressive relationships. In the movie Garden State, Andrew, the main character, uses drugs to suppress his emotions and personal problems. Andrew gradually awakens from a long sedation caused by antidepressants. He returns home with repressed discomfort and spends most of his time in New Jersey avoiding the serious conversation he needs to have with his father. “You know that moment in your life when you realize that the house you grew up in is no longer really your home? Suddenly, even if you have a place to put your shit, that idea of ​​home is gone.” (Andrew) Depressed and emotionally unstable, Andrew continually represses the guilt he feels over his mother's death. To suppress his emotions, Andrew relies on antidepressants, ironically prescribed by his father. As an adult, he sees the world without drugs for the first time. Motherless and controlled by drugs, Andrew lacked a sense of normality, as well as a sense of home. The scene where Andrew examines his lifeless reflection in the medicine cabinet expresses the numbness he feels and his inability to feel emotions. The split mirror shows a combination of his lifeless image and countless prescription drug bottles that leave him with an empty feeling... in the middle of the paper... there. Unfortunately, the mother is waiting to see if the baby will be born, which could put her life at risk. The only way Coma Baby can survive is to accept his mother's death, which will force him to face reality. The child is a prisoner exiled in the mother's womb and cannot accept the fact that he feels incapable of escaping his failure, of leaving the mother's womb. Similarly to Coma Baby, the narrator is trapped inside and watches his life, with the world revolving around him; it is slowly coming to life, slowly rescinding its exile. Ultimately, each character struggles with the idea of ​​repressing their emotions. Just like in Garden State, Bright Lights, Big City and “The Story of an Hour,” each character struggles with themselves. Struggling to deal with reality, each character reduces their daily struggles as they learn to cope with their reality.