Anxiety is a mental condition that can be due to various disturbing factors. Excluding these disturbing memories from consciousness in order to reduce anxiety is known as repression, i.e., option A.
Repression is the removal of distressing memories, or feelings from the mind consciously.
These memories often involves abuse that can be intimate or childhood, family issues, etc.
Thus, the correct option is A.
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