Question

Anna is currently 55 years old. when she was 7 years old, she saw her grandfather fall down the stairs after he had a stroke. at the time, she visited him in the hospital every day for the 6 months it took him to recover. today, anna has no memory of her grandfather, his stroke, or her visits to him in the hospital. according to freud, anna may be

Answer 1

Anna is using repression as a defense mechanism to push away the memories which she doesn't wanna keep in her conscious memory.

Step-by-step explanation:

Repression is a term in psychology that has for a goal to direct someone’s desires and impulses by excluding them from consciousness and holding them in the unconscious part of the brain. It is an unconscious mechanism that's led by the ego to keep unwanted memories and thoughts from being conscious.

Answer 2

Using repression to push the memories out of her conscious awareness

Step-by-step explanation:

She may be using repression to push those memories of her conscious because they are not the best memories for her since he was fallen down the stairs and has been in the hospital for 6 months.

• Repressed memories are blocked from consciousness because of stress or a high level of trauma which this was to Anna.