Repression

 **Repression** is another well-known defense mechanism. It is an unconscious defense mechanism; created by Freud. Repression acts to keep information out of conscicus awareness. However, these memories don't just disappear; they continue to influence our behavior. Banishing the memory; banishing old/bad mamories or even current things. - For example, a person who has repressed memories of abuse suffered as a child may later have difficulty forming relationships. ​


 * Suppression** is a conscious choice not to indulge a particular thought, feeling, or action. "Not to indulge" means that we are aware of a thought or feeling, but we decide not to dwell on it (internally, by continuing to think about it) -- nor to express it (externally, by acting it out). Usually we repress because of the impulse's inappropriateness with regard to the situation or because of time constraints in which we "just can't deal with that right now." Suppression is a useful psychological mechanism which permits us to concentrate on our affairs without being distracted by every impulse which arises, and without having to act on those impulses. We acknowledge the impulses, and we accept their presence and the fact that they might emerge again, to be reconciled or suppressed then.

 ​ This image how supression because it shows a guy who is conciously trying to forget the consequences of being in debt.

Positive Aspects of Repression-Repression can be a useful defense mechanism. Although repression is generally viewed as a destructive act, it is rightly called a "defense mechanism" because it defends us against psychological material which might indeed be dangerous if we don't have the ego strength or psychological skills to manage certain challenges to the ego. For example, if a young boy must play the role of a "perfectly sweet child" to please his demanding parents, he might not know any way to survive except to deny his occasional anger; however, he could select the option of suppression if knew that he could secretly acknowledge -- within the privacy of strong ego boundaries -- both the anger and the unfairness of his parents' demands.

Negative Aspects of Repression and Supression- The negative aspects of repression. Whether repressed or suppressed, the elements remain intact and energized; they continue to influence us while they push for expression. Although suppression can cause tension and conflict, repression can cause even more damage -- particularly because our unawareness of it means that we have less ability to recognize the ways in which it is affecting us and harming us