The series 'Severance' dramatizes the psychological concept of emotional suppression within the workplace. It highlights how employees at Lumon Industries are required to divide their emotional selves, maintaining a suppressed work persona while their emotional selves, or 'outies,' exist separately. The show explores the dynamics of workplace oppression where managers enforce this suppression, reflecting societal customs and fears. A revealing twist in the first episode challenges the validity of this emotional severance, questioning the underlying motivations for the portrayed psychological separation and its consequences on employee wellbeing.
The television series ‘Severance’ explores the psychological mechanisms of suppression and repression at work, revealing how employees are required to keep emotions at bay.
‘Severance’ features a duality in selfhood, where the 'innie' suppresses feelings and the 'outie' expresses them, highlighting the emotional divide fostered at Lumon Industries.
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