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Human Behaviour

The document provides an overview of major defense mechanisms identified by psychoanalysts, including repression, reaction formation, projection, regression, sublimation, denial, and rationalization. It explains how these mechanisms function as normal aspects of personality, while excessive use can lead to psychological disorders. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of understanding these mechanisms for fostering self-awareness and emotional resilience through psychoanalytic therapy.

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Human Behaviour

The document provides an overview of major defense mechanisms identified by psychoanalysts, including repression, reaction formation, projection, regression, sublimation, denial, and rationalization. It explains how these mechanisms function as normal aspects of personality, while excessive use can lead to psychological disorders. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of understanding these mechanisms for fostering self-awareness and emotional resilience through psychoanalytic therapy.

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MAJOR DEFENSE

MECHANISM
OBJECTIVES:
• to provide a comprehensive understanding of the
major defense mechanisms as described by
psychoanalysts.
• To learn about defense mechanism, including
repression, reaction formation, projection,
regression, sublimation, denial, and rationalization.
• By the end of the presentation, participants will
gain insight into how these mechanisms function
as normal parts of personality and how excessive
or rigid use can lead to psychological disorders.
MAJOR DEFENSE MECHANISMS
DESCRIBED BY PSYCHOANALYSTS;
REPRESSION
REACTION FORMATION
PROJECTION
REGRESSION
SUBLIMATION
DENIAL
• RATIONALIZATION
REPRESSION
• Repression is the withdrawal from consciousness of an
unwanted idea, affect, or desire by pushing it down or
repressing it into the unconscious part of the mind.
• It is an unconscious mechanism employed by the ego
to keep disturbing or threatening thoughts becoming
conscious.
REACTION
FORMATION
• Reaction formation is the fixation in
consciousness of an idea, affect or desire
opposite to a feared unconscious impulse.
• This is a point where a person goes beyond
denial & behaves in the opposite way to which
he or she thinks or feel.
• Expressing emotions that are the exactly
opposite of what you feel
PROJECTION

• Projection is a form of defense in which unwanted feelings


are displaced onto another person, where they then appear
as a threat from the external world.
• A common form of projection occurs when an individual,
threatened by his angry feelings, accuses another of
harboring hostile thoughts.
• Projection is a psychological defense mechanism where a
person attributes their own thoughts, feelings, or behaviors
to another person. It can be a way to avoid acknowledging
parts of oneself that are unpleasant.
REGRESSION
• Regression is a return to earlier stages of
Development and abandoned forms of gratification
belonging to them, prompted by dangers or conflicts
arising at one of the later stages.
• It means going backward reverting to childish,
primitive way of behaving, inappropriate to the age
and maturity of the individual when faced with an
unmanageable situation.
S U B L IM A T IO N

• Sublimation is the diversion or deflection of instinctual


drives, usually sexual ones, into non instinctual
channels Psychoanalytic theory holds that the energy
invested in sexual impulses can be shifted to the
pursuit of more acceptable and even socially valuable
achievements, such as artistic or scientific endeavours.
• This is similar to displacement but occurs when we
manage to displace our emotions into a constructive
rather than destructive manner.
DENIAL
• Denial is the conscious refusal to perceive those
painful facts exist. In denying latent feelings of
homosexuality, hostility, or mental defects in one’s
child, an individual can escape intolerable thoughts,
feelings, or events
• Refusing to accept reality or facts. It’s a way to avoid
anxiety and maintain emotional stability.
RATIONALIZATIO
N • This most commonly defense mechanism to save one’s self
esteem. It method of explaining to others as well to ourselves
incompetence. An individual invents excuses for his fail. It
helps him to justify his behaviour.
• When something happens that we find difficult to accept, then
we will make up a logical reason why it has happened.
In conclusion, psychoanalysis is a therapeutic method that
emphasizes unconscious mental processes and how past
experiences shape our present behavior and emotions.
Major defense mechanisms, such as repression, reaction
formation, projection, regression, sublimation, denial, and
rationalization, help protect us from anxiety and internal
conflicts. While these mechanisms are natural and
essential for psychological balance, excessive use can lead
to disorders. Understanding and integrating these
unconscious elements through psychoanalytic therapy can
foster greater self-awareness, mental health, and emotional
resilience.
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LISTENING!!!

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