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The Return of the repressed is the notion that whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force.
The Return of the repressed is the notion that whenever we give up, leave behind, and forget too much, there is always the danger that the things we have neglected will return with added force.
The Return of the repressed is like an intruder in the ego's 'house' and even threatens to evict the ego from its house, making it altogether homeless.