Internal fuse. As we subconsciouslydefend yourself from nervousness and mentalfrustration?

It’s hard to deny that things don’t always add up in our lives.
as we would like. And if we reacted violently to
every unsatisfied desire or failure then most likely
there would be nothing intelligible from us. It is for
prevent mental disorders our subconscious uses
psychological defense mechanisms. For the first time Freud described them and brought
as many as 8 mechanisms that allow us to avoid anxiety and
resolve internal conflict. What are these mechanisms and how are they
work?

crowding out

This is the simplest and most common mechanism, but
he and less effective. People facing personal setbacks
or tragedies push them to a subconscious level.
Subsequently, a person cannot understand the cause of his anxieties, unrest
and experiences. Psychoanalysts also help patients again endure
these problems are on a conscious level in order to resolve them. Often this
the mechanism works in children, and unresolved problems affect
adulthood.

Substitution

This defense mechanism replaces our subconscious desires and
aspirations in various ways, for example, with jokes or dreams.
Also, substitution may occur in the sphere of conflict behavior.
Often people break their anger on others who are not involved.
to emotional overvoltages. Any troubles in the family and
anger that you want to throw out to your relatives, a person spills out
at the cashiers in the supermarket or on their subordinates.

Projection

When this mechanism is triggered, a person attributes his
flaws and unacceptable desires to others. Sometimes wife constantly
getting her husband a question of whether he loves her – this may mean that she
she herself is not sure of her feelings. The student who failed the exam
indicates the incompetence of the teacher, etc.

Rationalization

This mechanism adjusts the reality for us. Example of this
is the fable of the fox and the grapes, the story of the fox, which
tried to reach the grape branch, but when she didn’t
was able to do this, decided that the grapes are still green. Or boyfriend
which the girl refused, reassures herself that she is ugly
or stupid – another vivid example of rationalization.

The following mechanisms are not so popular. Regression, for example,
manifests when a person “falls into childhood” and becomes
unusually infantile. Reactive education is one of the most
complex mechanisms. Proceeds in several stages: first
person appears some kind of unacceptable for him or society
impulse, but how does the reaction to this impulse arise to him
opposite. Many men who position themselves as ardent
homophobes, according to Freud, are themselves latent
by homosexuals.

And the last mechanism, characteristic of creative nature, is
sublimation mechanism – socially disapproved desires or
the person redirects sexual energy to another kind of action:
plays sports, draws, plays musical instruments.