cheat sheet on defense mechanisms
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Defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological responses that protect people from feelings of anxiety, threats to self-esteem, and things that they don't want to think about or deal with.
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These mechanisms protect the conscious mind from contradictions between the animalistic id and the idealistic superego, ultimately contributing to "mental homeostasis."
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DD - Denial, Displacement
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RSS - Repression, Suppression, Sublimation
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PIRRR - Projection, Intellectualization, Rationalization, Regression, Reaction Formation
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Ego is the aspect of the mind that deals with inner conflicting demands of the Id(primal part, urges) and Superego (internal morals and values)
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When conflicting, anxiety is created and ego shields with defense mechanisms.
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According to Freud, anxiety is is an unpleasant inner state that people seek to avoid. Anxiety acts as a signal to the ego that things are not going the way they should. As a result, the ego employs some sort of defense mechanism to help reduce these feelings of anxiety.
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AHA - Altruism, Humor, Aim Inhibition
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CUP - Compensation, Undoing, Passive-aggression
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FADA - Fantasy, Acting-out, Dissociation, Avoidance
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Moral Anxiety
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Neurotic anxiety
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Reality anxiety
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A fear of violating our own moral principles
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The unconscious worry that we will lose control of the id's urges, resulting in punishment for inappropriate behavior
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Fear of real-world events.
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