repression definition psychology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Psychological repression, or simply repression, is the psychological attempt made by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses toward pleasurable instincts by excluding the desire from one's consciousness and holding or subduing it in the unconscious.epression (German: Verdraengung), 'verdrÃ¤ngung a key concept of, psychoanalysis is a defense, mechanism but it-pre exists the, ego.e., 'G Primal'. repression