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 their daily lives, secretly hiding how they truly feel, leaving them with an emotionless facade. In a state of unease, the characters in Garden State, Bright Lights, Big City and "The Story of an Hour" repressed their emotions while living in repressive relationships. In the movie Garden State, Andrew, the main character, uses drugs to suppress his emotions and personal problems. Andrew gradually wakes up from a long sedated void due to antidepressants. He returns home with pent-up unease and spends most of his time in New Jersey, away from the serious conversation he must have with his father. “You know that moment in your life when you realize the house you grew up in isn't really your home anymore? All of a sudden, even though you have a place where you put your stuff, 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 resorts to antidepressants, ironically prescribed by his father. As an adult, he discovers the world without drugs for the first time. Motherless and controlled by drugs, Andrew lacked a sense of normalcy, as well as a sense of belonging. The scene in which 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 medication bottles that leave him with a feeling of emptiness... middle of paper... other. Unfortunately, the mother waits to see if the baby can be born, which can put her life in danger. The only way for the Coma Baby to survive is to accept his mother's death, which will force him to face reality. The baby is a prisoner exiled inside the womb and cannot accept the fact that he feels incapable of escaping his failure, of getting out of the womb. Like the Coma Baby, the narrator is trapped inside and watches his life, making the world revolve around him; he slowly comes to life, slowly undoing his exile. In conclusion, 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 cope with reality, each character lessens their daily struggles as they learn to cope without their own reality..