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Defense Mechanism
Defense Mechanism
REPRESSION:
Repression can be described as the ability to keep the distressing thought and feeling buried in the unconsciousness.
DENIAL:
Denial is one of the best known defense in which a person is unable to face the truth that something bad is happening or had happened.
Examples: When someones loved one died they deny that to cope with the grief. REACTION FORMATION:
Reaction formation is the odd defense; in this a person does the exact opposite of what hes feeling.
Examples: Like treating someone you dont like in a very friendly manner. PROJECTION:
Projection is defined as subconsciously denying your wanted feelings or desire and then believing those feelings or desire are someone elses.
Examples: When something bad happens to you and you blame other
people for that.
INTELLECTUALIZATION:
Intellectualization can be described as blocking a bad memory from consciousness or distancing yourself from an emotional or stressful event or memory.
Examples: A woman who has been abused, studies similar cases and
learns self-defense rather than think about that stressful event.
DISPLACEMENT:
Displacement is defined as directing your feeling from its original source to someone else.
Examples: Like in a family the father gets angry at the mother and the
mother then shouts at her children.
SUBLIMATION:
Sublimation is the defense in which the unacceptable impulses are transformed into more acceptable action.
RATIONALIZATION:
Rationalization is something a person does on a daily basis; its defined as coming up with different excuses to justify a situation while denying your feelings.
Examples: Like a person steals so from feeling bad he just thinks that
the society is unjust and they deserve to suffer.