Question

According to Freud, one reason that people forget is because they are ____________ painful memories.

Answer 1

Answer:

repressing

Explanation:

Sigmund Freud psychoanalytic theory also explains the phenomena of repression in which a person unconsciously pushes an event or information out of their memory because the feelings and emotions triggered by that memory are too painful. Hence, the person becomes unaware of that thought or event as it is non-existent and never occurred.