"The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression."

  W.E.B DuBois

Repression of your will and desire are the cornerstones of stress.  When you believe or are led to believe you are unable to act upon the greatest desires of the soul, the result is mental and spiritual enslavement.  The price you pay for your enslavement is your self-dignity, self respect and self-esteem.  To be free, you must acknowledge your personal liberty as the God-given right it is.  You must be willing to take a stand for yourself.  Liberty is the God-given right to declare who you are and to to pursue what you want.  If you surrender that right, you repress yourself.