The Return Of The Repressed

The return of the repressed is a theory that Sigmund Freud came up with to explain the existance of neurotic symptoms. This means that thoughts can be kept in your conscience and can sometimes go un-noticed. These thoughts then can reappear not only in your mind but also in your behaviour. For example, when you are born you have all of the attention as you are the new born child and you get used to this treatement but 2 years later you mother is pregnant again and when the new baby is born, all of the attention from your family switches from you to the new born child. You become angry but with your parents able to notice, you hold back the  thoughts. The anger then could come back in your attempt to "love the child to death".