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Understanding Defense Mechanisms

Projection involves attributing one's own undesired thoughts or feelings onto others. For example, a surgeon who makes a mistake during an operation may insist it was caused by mistakes from the theater nurse or ward boy. Displacement is transferring an emotional feeling to a less threatening person or object, such as being angry at one's boss but fighting with one's wife instead. Repression is the involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness, such as not remembering a traumatic event one witnessed. Rationalization involves justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors through logical excuses, like a husband claiming his wife is too socially shy to go out with him.

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Understanding Defense Mechanisms

Projection involves attributing one's own undesired thoughts or feelings onto others. For example, a surgeon who makes a mistake during an operation may insist it was caused by mistakes from the theater nurse or ward boy. Displacement is transferring an emotional feeling to a less threatening person or object, such as being angry at one's boss but fighting with one's wife instead. Repression is the involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness, such as not remembering a traumatic event one witnessed. Rationalization involves justifying unacceptable feelings or behaviors through logical excuses, like a husband claiming his wife is too socially shy to go out with him.

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defense mechanism

Projection
Is the misattribution of a person's undesired thoughts, feelings or
impulses onto another person who doesn't have thoughts, feelings or
thoughts. Projection occurs when an individual threatened by his own
angry feelings accuses another of harbouring hostile thoughts and
Placing blame for own difficulties upon others. Here, others are seen as
responsible for own mistakes.
Examples:
● A surgeon who did mistake in operation may insist
that it happened because theatre nurse and ward boy
did their task badly.
● A businessperson who values punctuality is late for a meeting and
states, "sorry I'm late. My assistant forgot to remind me of the time.
Displacement
In this defence mechanism an unconsciously emotional feeling is
transferred to person or object who are less dangerous than those who
initially aroused the emotion. An individual who is using displacement
is unaware of this at that time, but later he can realize it.
Examples:
● A person who is angry with his boss but cannot show it for fear of
losing the job may fight with his wife on return from the office.
● Someone who is frustrated by his or her boss at work may go home
and kick dog.

● You are frustrated with your spouse because they have not
been helping you with household chores. When you ask your kids to
start their chores, and they respond by whining, your anger explodes.
You yell at them and accuse them of never helping around the house.
Repression
Repression is a process of unconscious forgetfulness of our unpleasant
experiences. Repression is the involuntary bloking of unpleasant
feelings and experiences from one's awareness. It 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 can be
defined as Motivated Forgetting.
Examples:
● A man is jealous of his good friend's success but is unaware of his
feeling of jealousy.
●Not remembering a traumatic incident in which you witnessed a
crime.
Rationalization
It is a defence mechanism in which an individual justifies his failures
and socially unacceptable feelings and behaviors by making excuses or
formulate logical reasons/ socially approved reasons.
Examples:
● A husband does not enjoy the company of wife outside the home
and usually leave his wife at home. He gives logic that his wife is social
shy.
● A girl fails to get admission for the nursing course may point out a
number of difficulties of nursing profession.
● A person without a vehicle says that he does not want to risk his life
by driving.

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