autohypnotic amnesia

a Jungian term for repression, based on the observation that a form of amnesia may be induced in a person under hypnosis (see hypnotic amnesia; posthypnotic amnesia). Repression in this context is seen as a form of systematic amnesia, in which the individual “forgets” certain ideas or memories through a process of autosuggestion.

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