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In reviewing the development of the concept of primal repression in Freud's writings we observed three distinct phases.
The first, from about 1895 to 1898, could be regarded as prototypical. Trauma could affect later mental life through deferred, unconscious activity. The trauma was overt (e.g., sexual seduction), and the results were specific (e.g., hysteria). This schema was limited to specific neuroses.