Intellectualization/Rationalization.
Regression.
Displacement.
The above is 3 of all defense mechanisms.
Below, is extremely brief explanations of the 3 above. I’ll speak about the rest next time.
Defense Mechanisms are mechanisms within us that trigger a response/behaviour in us when we come across unacceptable facts, feelings, or behaviours.
Intellectualization/Rationalization:
Seeking excuses, whether logical or illogical, to fend off unacceptable facts, feelings, or behaviours. Examples of unacceptable facts, feelings or behaviours would be failing of examinations, feeling left out, and drug consuming. Examples of excuses would be, “I just did not study,” “It’s simply because their jealous of me,” and “I know my limits, I can stop right now, I’m just doing it for pleasure.”
Regression:
When one feels unacceptable and unsafe, his/her behaviour and thoughts are then altered/regressed back to an earlier stage of development. Meaning, Johnny has lots of friends when he was 13, but ever since he turned 14, he started losing all his friends, and now he is 16. He, at 16, feels very insecured, and then, he decides to act like a 13 year old boy, because it was 13 when he last felt safe and secured.
Displacement:
Usually unconscious. Simply meaning to vent anger on someone/something less threatening than what caused the anger. Example would be, after being scolded by the Discipline Master, one cannot defy in anyway in case of getting expelled, and hence decides to pick a fight with the very next non-authoritative figure who steps on his/her tail. A simpler example would be, a man goes to work and gets scolded by his boss, then goes home and abuse his wife.
Don’t know, I’ve been seeing lots of this 3 recently.
In Loving Memories Of.
All web loggers, also known as bloggers, how often do your entries either refer to yourself and/or others, for yourself and/or others, and hardly really logging your days? How often are your entries based on your own assumptions? How often can you prove your stands?
