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#### <s class="topic-title">[[self-repression]]</s>
Repression of the [[self]] or your true [[identity]].
Often a response to [[trauma]] or hostile environments.
Similarly:: [[dissociation]]
> [!wikipedia] [Repression (psychoanalysis)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repression%20(psychoanalysis))
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> Repression is a key concept of psychoanalysis, where it is understood as a [[defense-mechanisms|defense-mechanism]] that "ensures that what is unacceptable to the [[consciousness|conscious]] mind, and would if recalled arouse [[anxiety]], is prevented from entering into it."
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##### ^dataviews
> [!dataview]+ Related unlinked notes
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> - [[A repressed self creates a mistrust of self-love and self-esteem]]
> - [[How do we access repressed memories]]
> - [[How do we recognize our emotional triggers]]
> - [[How to process repressed emotions]]
> - [[Self-repression is the most natural response for trans people in strongly gendered environments]]
> [!dataview]- Other unlinked mentions
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> - [[notes - Vedic Psychology]]
> - [[Vedic Psychology]]
> - [[Anxiety tries to make us assume the worst]]
> - [[Avoidance IS the most-efficient way of dealing with emotion]]
> - [[Mental health is a reaction to one's environment]]
> - [[Sometimes we can't grow until we change our environment]]
> - [[Your anxiety knows your insecurities better than you do]]