Complex sentence: A repressed memory, also known as a recovered memory, is a memory that has either been dissociated from awareness or repressed without dissociation in a process called Motivated Forgetting these memories are blocked out due to their painful or traumatic nature.
Split into simpler sentences: A repressed memory, also known as a recovered memory, is a memory that has either been dissociated from awareness or repressed by motivated forgetting. These memories are blocked out due to their painful or traumatic nature.