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Understanding Ego Defense Mechanisms by Candy Ortega is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document defines and provides examples of various ego defense mechanisms, which are unconscious psychological strategies used to manage stress and anxiety. Some of the defense mechanisms described include repression, which pushes unpleasant thoughts into the unconscious; conversion, which transforms mental anxiety into physical symptoms; rationalization, which uses logical-sounding but irrational excuses; and denial, which blocks awareness of uncomfortable truths from conscious thought.
- Author
- Candy Ortega
- Language
- EN