repressed memories theme

A character is found to have unconsciously suppressed uncomfortable memories.

Examples

Riker was found to have repressed the memory of a vivisection in which his arm was severed in tng6x05 "Schisms".

17 total · 3 choice · 7 major · 7 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
bbf1x08 choice Sinclair's interrogators tried to convince him he had suppressed memories of a time in the war when he betrayed his countrymen.
movie: Marnie (1964) choice A point of the story was that Marnie had a screw loose owing to a traumatic experience in her youth.
movie: Rememory (2017) choice all and sundry had
ahp1x02 major Kim was so distressed at having killed his father that he'd completely suppressed any memory of having done the deed.
ahp1x34 major We gather that Dana couldn't remember the accident well because he felt guilty and didn't want to remember the day of the fatal accident.
ent2x07 major T'Pol had suppressed her memory of shooting Jossen.
movie: It (1990) major Each of the seven kids had them to varying extents.
movie: The Alligator People (1959) major Jane had repressed all memories of her past life as Joyce Webster - wife of a half-human, half-alligator monstrosity.
tz1959e1x29 major Helen repressed, or blacked out as it was described in the story, the memory of having witnessed the brutal murder of her mother.
voy4x17 major The Doctor used hypnosis to recover some of Seven's memories of her traumatic experiences with the Borg.