Each of us has qualities about which we are proud as well as qualities in which we lack confidence. We conceal some of these characteristics from the public eye because they may irritate or humiliate us. Your shadow self is made up of these components, and it wants to be heard. To be honest, it's not always simple to accept our shadow selves. Many people tend to suppress their darker sides in order to avoid having to face them. The shadow is still there, but it is relegated to the background and forgotten. But suppressing your inner shadow might have negative effects that are harmful. Most frequently, our triggers—emotional responses that we haven't fully processed but come to the surface under the appropriate (wrong) circumstances—are how the shadow shows itself.