One possible outcome is that you’ll stop silencing that part of yourself, and slowly begin entering into relationship with it, accepting your parts for what/who they are, and what/who that makes you as a whole, and thus integrating those parts without having to succumb to them and still making decisions which make sense for you.
I can give you a more practical example -
A part of me I kept in my shadow for a long time was my jealousy. I denied to myself that I was jealous. Now I am realizing that yes I can be jealous, and I am starting to accept those jealous emotions and voices more. I don’t listen to them all the time, or act on the desires the jealousy creates, but now I don’t ignore it or chastise myself for it as much anymore. And I can still decide to act in ways that are not jealous, as well as allow myself to express that jealousy with less emotional charge and baggage attached.
The love and attention given to the shadow helps it start to resolve itself, and from there you are in the drivers seat to how you want to act, as now the shadow is in the light and you can decide who you want to be, instead of letting the parts run you from behind the scenes.
