If you think about it, anything that causes stress is going to be repressed. If you try to uncover the event that causes the anxiety, that will only add anxiety to your life. No one likes anxiety, so it can be expected that the patient will try to avoid any attempt to uncover what is being repressed. Those who promote the psychodynamic approach call this:

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Resistance is a concept in the psychodynamic approach where patients unconsciously avoid confronting repressed thoughts or feelings, often because doing so causes anxiety.

If You Think About It, Anything That Causes Stress Is