Sigmund Freud first used defense as a psychoanalytic term, but.
did not break the notation into categories, viewing it as a single.
discovery of repression. In psychoanalyis, any of a variety of.
unconcious personality reactions which the ego uses to protect the.
concious mind from threatening feelings and perception. As a part.
of the never ending interplay between id, ego, and superego, the.
mind must constantly repress anxiety causing impulses of.
memories. This repression often tenuous and difficult to maintain. .
In order to sustain this repression and fend off anxiety, the ego.
employs several defense mechanism. These mechanisms help to.
maintain the stability and sanity of an individual. The conflict.
which exists between the id, ego, and superego, undoubtedly result.
in some degree of anxiety of stress. without a mechanism of.
protection against these anxiety, it could present a threat to mental.
health and stability. Defense mechanisms are our way of.
unpleasant thoughts feelings and desires. I will discuss three of.
them, Denial, Fantasy, and Regression in this paper. Truly they.
are used by people everyday to deal with situations that maybe.
difficult to deal with.
First, Denial is one defense mechanism that is used to refuse.
to accept the realize of a situation. We tend to protect ourselves.
from unpleasant of painful situations by not facing it acting like it .
Defense Mechanism 4.
never happened. Thus we fail to recognize obvious implications.
or consequences of a thought, act or situation. People suffering.
from denial may try to make something seem realistic that is not. .
An example of denial would be to not accept that a relationship.
with someone is truly over. In reality you and your partner have.
come to an agreement to end the relationship but in your mind you.
will not let that person go. You may continue to call them or.
pretend that the break up never happened. Another example of.
denial is driving under the influence of alcohol thinking there is no.
