
दुःखानुशयी द्वेषः
duhkha anusayi dvesah
Aversion is tending to pain.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2.8
duhkha = pain
anusayi = follow, tending to
dvesah = aversion
How about thinking of aversion as a kind of sticky plaster that helps to protect our wounds so we can heal? 🙂