Instead, Swart says, compartmentalizing can be both good and bad for you. Healthy compartmentalization involves regulating your emotions while unhealthy compartmentalizing means repressing them.

Compartmentalizing often gets a bad rap. When we hear that someone is good at compartmentalizing, we often think of someone who is good at suppressing their feelings, or repression in general.

Compartmentalizing love, when done smartly, can serve as a protective mechanism that allows you to experience love while minimizing the risk of getting hurt. Skip to content. News; ...