Rachel is talking to her brother about the day their father left,roughly 15 years ago.She was 10 at the time and her brother was 8,but her brother remembers all the details and she doesn't remember anything.What would Freud say happened to Rachel's memory of her dad leaving?

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Freud would say that Rachel repressed the memory to her unconscious as a way to cope with the trauma of her father leaving. This is a defense mechanism that the mind uses to protect itself from overwhelming emotions. Her brother, on the other hand, may have remembered the event more vividly because he was younger and may not have repressed the memory as deeply.

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