The trick to compartmentalization is that it isn't about denying your emotions, it's about setting them aside in order to deal with the problem at hand. The follow-through is as important as the actual compartmentalizing, that after said problem is handled, you find a time, a place, a person, reach inside your self, reach out your emotions, yank it out and let it spill all over you.
The trick about compartmentalization is that you don't keep everything--anything--bottled up inside, you don't stew, you don't let it fester.
The thing is, I tend to forget about that rule...and then find myself writing out my emotions as my character's emotions.
...there is a reason why writers are usually an unsociable bunch.
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