In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, isolation is a defence mechanism, whereby the person "isolates" the unpleasant idea from the normal emotional response. For example, describing a murder in graphic details without an emotional involvement invokes isolation.
While in repression, which is a similar mechanism, the unpleasant idea becomes buried into subconscious, in isolation, the idea remains, but the emotional response to it is withdrawn. [1]
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