Psychological repression

Repression – the rejection and concealing of a thought or desire. The protagonists of Jack Hodgins’ “By the River” and Sinclair Ross’ “The Painted Door” both deal with conflicts by repressing them. Each story is told in a limited omniscient point of view. This provides the thoughts of the protagonists while maintaing a detached perspective. By seeing inside Crystal Styan and Ann’s head, it becomes evident at the way each represses their conflicts. Ann represses her moral obligations as a…

This concept was an individual’s distortion of a negative event that has happened in the person’s life to reduce the psychological effects. The distortions that occur usually do so in the unconscious mind, which Freud spoke about quite a bit in his career. Freud recognized six different defense mechanisms that occur that characterize human behavior, as well as, cognitive behavior…

Charlie, who experiences the effects of abuse, either directly or indirectly, is affected in his psychological development. Kathleen Baird, an expert on domestic abuse and midwifery states, “Domestic violence is usually thought of as physical violence against, or an assault on, a woman. This is because a physical assault is the most visible form of domestic…

is occurring it or not. The basic defensive mechanism against anxiety is repression. Repression automatically pushes conscious anxiety thoughts…

many that it is now being considered an epidemic. These types of memories are “often ‘recovered’ during psychotherapy and have resulted in fierce debate concerning the reality and reliability of such memories” (Memon & Young, 1998). It is the psychological debate heard around the word and has “elicited considerable controversy in the courts, academic circles, and in professional practices due to its personal, social, and political…

The human brain is such an impressive machine that scientists have been using it as a model for machinery for years and despite the fact that technology has come a long way scientists are still unable to replicate the human brain in its entirety. The brain is the command centre of the human body and runs all the processes within the body. As if that was not enough the brain runs complex mental functions as well. It is the home of the human mind. One of the key human functions that are run by the…

victimization again later in life, sexual problems, and may acquire other disorders that conflict their social network (Finkelhor, 1979) Most survivors of sexual trauma use defense mechanisms to deal with the trauma of the abuse, such as denial, repression of memories, and blocking out a period of their childhood, a person, a place, or the more painful aspects of abuse. Some victims may encounter behaviors that are out of their control based on the traumas they have experienced prior. This…

What is psychological trauma? Trauma is a term used in every day language to define a stressful event. Comprehending traumatic events, however, is concerned with the stress that overwhelms an individuals capability to cope with a particular event. As a result, a traumatic situation leads to psychological trauma in which the individual may feel physically, emotionally, and cognitively overwhelmed. As Blaum suggests, “Catastrophes such as the Holocaust and the World Wars involve shock, strain, and…

After going over Readings 25,28,30,35 and 36 their importance in social psychology, psychopathology, and psychotherapy are unbelievably important and relevant to the studies in each field. With most, if not all readings hinting at social psychology 25 and 28 both revolve around personality as Reading 30 addresses Freud’s daughter study over her father’s theories of egos while Readings 35 and 36 go over studies dealing with psychotherapy. Nonetheless, as Rotter goes over internal and external…

“Repetition compulsion” (Potamianou 945) is utilized to alleviate the tensions produced by trauma. However, the process results in two paradoxes that make it difficult for the mind to achieve alleviation from trauma (Potamianou 946). The first paradox is the “presence of what is absent” (Potamianou 947), which develops when traumatic experiences are kept outside David’s memory while his psychic apparatus is exposed to compulsive repetitions of Dulcie (Potamianou 947). She is the unspeakable…