What does the word repressed mean?

Question:sexually repressed

Answers:
To repress experiences is to bury them in your unconscious so that you are not consciously aware of them. For instance, bad childhood memories may be repressed. They may affect who you now are and your current attittudes, but you do not consciously remember those memories.
Sexually repressed would refer to sexuality being denied and hidden. A person who shows no sexual interest may be sexually repressed.
It's a Lefty word meaning, "to sulk when you don't get what you want."
"What! Two men or two women can't marry each other? We're being "Repressed!"
Can mean suppressing or inhibiting ones emotions in an unhealthy way.

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