Psychological Defense Mechanism
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A Psychological Defense Mechanism is a psychological mechanism that unconsciously protects the ego from anxiety by distorting reality.
- Context:
- It can typically employ Psychological Defense Repression with psychological defense unconscious suppressions.
- It can often involve Psychological Defense Denial through psychological defense reality rejection.
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- It can range from being an Adaptive Psychological Defense Mechanism to being a Maladaptive Psychological Defense Mechanism, depending on its psychological defense functionality.
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- It can facilitate Psychological Defense Displacement via psychological defense emotion redirection.
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- Example(s):
- Psychological Defense Mechanism Types, such as:
- Repression Psychological Defense Mechanism in forgetting threats.
- Denial Psychological Defense Mechanism in ignoring patterns.
- Psychological Defense Mechanism Applications, such as:
- Societal Psychological Defense Mechanism in authoritarian contexts.
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- Psychological Defense Mechanism Types, such as:
- Counter-Example(s):
- Conscious Coping Strategy, which addresses anxiety directly without psychological defense distortion.
- Emotional Intelligence, which recognizes emotions unlike psychological defense repression.
- See: Defence Mechanism, Repression, Denial.