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    The document discusses various defense mechanisms that the human psyche uses to reduce anxiety from unacceptable thoughts and feelings. It provides examples of common defense mechanisms such as projection, where people attribute their own unconscious feelings to others; denial, where people pretend something did not happen; regression, where people revert to more childish behaviors; sublimation, where negative energy is channeled into acceptable behaviors; and displacement, where anger is expressed towards less threatening people or objects. The document aims to explain these defense mechanisms and provide illustrative examples of how they might manifest.

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    The document discusses various defense mechanisms that the human psyche uses to reduce anxiety from unacceptable thoughts and feelings. It provides examples of common defense mechanisms such as projection, where people attribute their own unconscious feelings to others; denial, where people pretend something did not happen; regression, where people revert to more childish behaviors; sublimation, where negative energy is channeled into acceptable behaviors; and displacement, where anger is expressed towards less threatening people or objects. The document aims to explain these defense mechanisms and provide illustrative examples of how they might manifest.

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    The document discusses various defense mechanisms that the human psyche uses to reduce anxiety from unacceptable thoughts and feelings. It provides examples of common defense mechanisms such as projection, where people attribute their own unconscious feelings to others; denial, where people pretend something did not happen; regression, where people revert to more childish behaviors; sublimation, where negative energy is channeled into acceptable behaviors; and displacement, where anger is expressed towards less threatening people or objects. The document aims to explain these defense mechanisms and provide illustrative examples of how they might manifest.

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    The document discusses various defense mechanisms that the human psyche uses to reduce anxiety from unacceptable thoughts and feelings. It provides examples of common defense mechanisms such as projection, where people attribute their own unconscious feelings to others; denial, where people pretend something did not happen; regression, where people revert to more childish behaviors; sublimation, where negative energy is channeled into acceptable behaviors; and displacement, where anger is expressed towards less threatening people or objects. The document aims to explain these defense mechanisms and provide illustrative examples of how they might manifest.

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    Noman Rasheed

    BBA191011
    Understanding Human Psychology & Behavior

    Defense Mechanisms
    A defense mechanism is the act of coping mechanisms that reduce anxiety
    generated by threats from unacceptable or negative impulses. The procedure is
    generally oblivious. The person usually adapts these methods subconsciously. For
    instance, if we face any upsetting situation our brain decides to overlook it and
    maintains a strategic distance from it. In addition to overlooking, other defense
    mechanisms include Humor, Sarcasm, Projection, Repression and Sublimation.
    Following are the examples of the common defense mechanisms mentioned
    above.

    1. Projection:
    One of the key defense mechanism is called Projection. What happens in
    projection is that somebody attributes their own hidden and unconscious
    thoughts or emotions and actually attributes them to somebody else.
    For example, if someone is really very jealous, they can actually project out
    that jealousy and say 'Oh, that other person has problems with jealousy
    and it's not really me'. It's a way of being able to shift one's own feelings to
    somebody else and identify somebody else as possessing those
    unacceptable thoughts or feelings.

    2. Denial:
    While there are several defense mechanisms the most important one is
    called the denial in which the person just pretend that something has not
    happened or is not true.
    For example, if someone is diagnosed with breast cancer defense
    -mechanism would be for them to deny that such a thing has happened or
    deny that they have breast cancer.
    3. Regression:
    We also have another neurotic defense mechanism by the name of
    regression and what happens in regression is that we end up performing
    behaviors as if we were at a much younger stage in our lives.
    For example, if we can talk and speak and move about and do things
    normally we may resort to whining or throwing a tantrum or acting in a way
    that is much more like somebody that was at a much younger stage in life
    some people might say acting like a baby.

    4. Sublimation:
    Sublimation means taking energy or frustration or the difficult and negative
    feelings from an issue or a problem and channeling that energy into an
    acceptable behavior, something else instead of dealing with it or focusing
    on what you need to be focusing.
    An example for sublimation can be seen when in the movie Barbados, the
    character Amelia has to mask her disappointment after her child Sam is
    uninvited from a birthday party he was previously invited to because of his
    behavioral issues

    5. Displacement:
    In displacement, an individual expresses the anger towards other people
    that are less threatening. Displacement defense mechanism involves
    getting feelings, frustrations, and impulses on people or objects that are
    less threatening.
    For displacement, again we can apply the previous example from
    Babadook, the mother Amelia is distressed because of the problems her
    son is facing and one night as she’s sitting by his bed contemplating her
    miserable life she sees an innocent dog and kills him instead of letting out
    her anger on her son, who is the person responsible for her negative
    feelings.

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