Repressed Memories

According to Swiss physician, Carl Jung, repression is a process that begins in the early childhood under the moral influence of the environment and lasts throughout one’s life. In psychoanalytic theory, repression is the exclusion of painful memories, thoughts, or feelings from the conscious mind. It is sort of like a defense mechanism for the mind. All of these unwanted and distressing mental contents are removed and stored in inaccessible areas of the subconscious mind. This is commonly known as repressed memories. Repressed memories do not disappear. There are possibilities that they can have an increasing effect and reappear as anxiety or dysfunctional behavior. Repressed memories can appear and be triggered through subconscious methods and in altered forms, such as dreams or if someone says a certain word/phrase. High levels of

Gaara, realizing that no one truly loved and cared for him, repressed all his emotions and became a killing machine. Though he appears calm on the outside, Gaara, is deeply unstable. He is completely unmoved by others ' pleas for mercy and, in certain situations, driven mad with bloodlust. This behaviour is partly due to Shukaku, whose voice Gaara alone can hear in his head, who encourages violence at every opportunity, and who torments Gaara with threats to take control of his body if he falls asleep, thus making Gaara an insomniac. However, Shukaku is not fully responsible. Gaara simply hates the existence of other people, because he believes that they are a threat to his own life as long as they are alive. Therefore, his sole purpose is to kill anyone who is strong or who he perceives as similar to himself, as only by killing them can he assert his own existence. With those who do not interest him, Gaara is typically withdrawn and silent. When he must interact with them, he does so with open disregard for their feelings and often threatens to kill them, even his own siblings, if they become too much of a