Term ID: T5723

Unconscious Repression

/unconscious-repression/
Automatic exclusion of threatening thoughts or memories from conscious awareness as psychological protection.
Example: Inability to remember traumatic events not due to brain injury but due to psychological defense mechanisms.

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Reference: Freud (1915)