You are going to put us down with the 411, while demonstrating your keen understanding of how defense mechanisms work in every day life. You must do the each of the following:
A) Discuss what you have learned about Defense Mechanisms.
B) Discuss a time when someone used a defense mechanism on you.
C) Discuss a recent moment that you used a defense mechanism on someone.
D) Respond to a classmates posting, in a constructive way.
All 4 sections must be complete to satisfy the requirement and get full credit. This post is due at 10:00 pm, 5/17/2011
Denial-
ReplyDeleteI was in denial when i thought i was prepared for a test when i knew i really wasn't.
I know some people are in denial about the fact that elvis is dead.
Defense mechanisms, also known as ego defense mechanisms, and they kick into action when a conflict exist between the id and the superego. These defense mechanisms work well by protecting the ego from the threat that is posed upon it by the conflicting id and superego.
ReplyDeleteThese defense mechanisms include:
-Rationalization: Coming up with a beneficial result out of an undesirable consequence.
-Reaction Formation: Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels.
-Projection: Believing that the feelings one has towards someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at one self.
-Sublimation: Channeling one's frustration toward a different goal.
-Displacement: Redirecting one's feeling toward another person or object.
-Denial: Not accepting the ego-threatening truth.
-Intellectualization: Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic.
-Regression: Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior.
-Repression: Blocking out of conscious awareness.
One day, I used sublimation when I was mad at a friend of mine. I went to the gym and use my frustration to lift heavier.
On another occasion, I got the highest grade on a test, and one of my friends said that the teacher probably made a mistake. He used rationalization.
Kevin Mazariegos,
ReplyDeleteA time that Displacement was used against me was when my friend became frustrated with certain people and when it came time to see me she transferred the frustration onto me.
A time when I used Regression was when I was younger and I broke my mother's favorite lamp. She was angry and I regressed to a baby personality, ironically I am the youngest child, to avoid the punishment that would follow.
I find Juan's friend who used sublimation to be humorous because people are always deflecting any kind of attribution towards themselves.
I've learned that defense mechanisms are used everyday and could be triggered by little things due to relative trauma.
ReplyDeleteA time when a Defense Mechanism was used on me was when i caught my friend's boyfriend at the movie's with another girl. Once i told her she denied it being true saying that he was at home babysitting his little sister.
A time when i used a Defense Mechanism on someone else was when my teacher failed me on a class assignment and once i got to my next class my friend hugged me and i screamed stop touching me. When my friend gives this hug everyday.
Rationalization: making excuses.
ReplyDeleteReaction Formation: converting your feelings to its opposite.
Projection: attributing your feelings to others.
Sublimation: channeling your emotions to weaker stimuli.
Displacement: transfering your emotions to weaker stimuli.
Denial: ignoring your feelings.
Intellectualization: a removed, cold, academic viewpoint.
Regression: reverting back to childhood.
Repression: forgetting your emotions.
I always use denial when someone figures out something about me that I didn't want them to know and I just act like they never said that or tell them that they're wrong.
Monique (in 7th period) likes using projection on me because, if I explain a term and she disagrees with me, then finds out that I was right, she'll say that she knew that the definition was that and that I'm the one who didn't know it.
I find Trishay's friend's reaction quite entertaining because it happens a lot with girls and their cheating boyfriends. It's sad but true and the girl always tries to defend her boyfriend and denie the situation...
ReplyDeleteDespite the various defense mechanisms known to man,the most important ones include: rationalization, reaction formation, projection, sublimation, displacement, denial, intellectualizaton, regression, and repression.
ReplyDeleteRationalization-coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable occurence.
Reaction formaton-expressing the opposite of how one truely feels.
Projection-believing that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at oneself.
Sublimation-changing one's frustration toward a different goal.
Displacement-directing one's feeling toward another person or object.
Denial-not accepting the ego-threatening truth
Intellectualization-undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic.
Regression-returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior.
Repression-blocking thoughts out from the conscous awareness.
A time when I used d.m and when a d.m was used on me...
I remember the time I used denial to avoid being put on blast about my failed test.I can also recall the time when my sister used projection on me while we were talking about how we managed to lose a local talent show.
In response to Juan's second comment about his friend using rationalization, I found it to be quite amusing considering the fact that rationalization is a defense mechanism that Juan himself uses all the time. Personally I think his second comment was a form of projection rather than just a memoir.
when breaking upwith my 1 year relationship i suffered of repression, in order to deal, my mind completely shut him out, and i kept myself busy, too busy, i wasent dealing with the break up in a healthy way, therefore, because of repressed feelings i still have some issues with finding and remaining in a relationship already having dealt with the break up two years back.
ReplyDelete-I have experienced displacement with my mother, due to my mother having a bad day at work, she comes home stressed and blames, screams, and takes out her fustration and anger on me.
A* I have learned that defense mechanisms are used to try to protect an individual in a situation from guilt or anxiety.
ReplyDeleteB* My mother uses reaction formation. When I get upset, it makes my mom more upset and she starts to blow things out of proportion and says "mean" things to me but in reality it's all LOVE.
C* Others have experienced displacement with me. If someone makes me mad, I seem to take my frustration out on everyone who tries to talk to me.
D* I can agree with Isis because my mother does the same exact thing. When my mother has a bad day at work she will come home and just yell and get mad at me.
A- I have learned that there are many types of defense mechanisms that are used by people everyday. These defense mechanisms help people cope with or hide from feelings of pain, discomfort, or sadness within themselves.
ReplyDeleteB-I have experienced denial from friends and famiy who do not want to accept the truth about the way a situation played out. For example, one of my cousins was hurt by a guy she was dating but she wudnt leave him because she was in denial that he actually cheated on her.
C- I use repression because wen someone hurts me I feel like expressing my pain can be seen as weakness so i just push all my pain and hurt away until i feel ready to deal with it alone.
D- I can relate to Trishay using displacement on her friend after bombing a test because a similar situation happened with me where I failed a test and someone asked how I did and i blew up on them about being in my personal space . Which was bothering me but not the main source of my anger.
A- I've learned that defense mechanisms are people's response to situations where they try to protect themselves. Different types of defense mechanisms are: Repression, Regression, Reaction Formation,Rationalization and Displacement
ReplyDeleteB- My friends have used projection on me because I tend to say things how they are and they would would use denial and make it seem like it's me with the issue.
C-Myself, I usually use reaction-formation and repression. I use repression more then anything because I tend to just smile it off and try to forget about it but in some cases that doesn't work so I use reaction-formation by painting or writing.
D- I can relate to Isis because that has happened alot with my mother, specially because of her pregnancy. She would pass anger of to me for no reason at all but I understood that it was those hormones :)
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ReplyDeleteI have learned that Defense Mechanisms just come naturaly and they are very hard to control. A time when someone used a Defense Mechanism on me was when my friend lost her mother in middle school, she became Affiliated with me and seeked advice on how to cope with the tragedy. A recent moment when I have used a Defense Mechanism on someone was when I yelled at my sister and I knew she would tell my mom so that day I tried to Avoid going home to hear my mom yell at me. However, I ended up having to go home and got my phone taken away.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Kevin M. this has happened to me multiple times with my friends too!! Even though it is frustrating to me as well, I try to calm my friend down and see where she is coming from!!
A) Because of anxiety provoking demands created by the id, superego and reality, the ego has developed a number of defense mechanisms to cope with anxiety. Although we may knowingly use these mechanisms, in many cases these defenses work unconsciously to distort reality.
ReplyDeleteB) I have a friend who likes to come to my house a lot. I started to notice that everytime she would stay over at my house, a bunch of my things, mostly clothes, started to disappear. When I asked her why she was stealing my things, she told me that it was because I have too many clothes and other things. She was rationalizing.
C) I recently used displacement when I got angry at someone. I directed my anger towards objects. I slammed the door and threw things around.
D) Isis, I'm sorry to hear that your mother takes out her frustration on you, just remember that she's not angry with you, it is simply a defense mechanism that she's using :)
A.) Before being acknowledged I didn't know what defense mechanisms were how it may effect a person behavior. I also wasn't aware of the fact that everyone may have utilized a defense mechanism before.I've also learned that there are several defense mechanisms and that it affect a persons cognitive beahvior.
ReplyDeleteB.)Denial
One day my sister was playing around and she happen to break one of my grandmothers' new glass items. Despite the fact that my grandmother saw her do it, she was in complete
denial and tried to blame it on someone else!
C.)Displacement
Last week I was disappointed with my grades, and I've became upset. Despite the fact that I was upset with my teacher I took my anger out on everyone who question, or aggravated me, whether they did something or not. Reflecting on it I regret it!
D.) I agree with with Trishay, for we've ironically experienced the same event, and I could relate to how she felt! Also, in comparison to Trishay, I was upset, despite being aware of my friends greeting occuring everyday!
A) I only sort of knew about the existence of defense mechanisms even prior to taking the class or even getting to the subject matter in itself. However, the only thing that I did not know are the different types of defense mechanisms. While things like denial was made obvious to me, there were also things like regression and repression that wasn't so obvious to me. And even to this day, defense mechanisms are sort of a difficult concept for me to grab.
ReplyDeleteB) People would constantly use the projection or denial defense mechanism on me. While I cannot go into greater detail, this has happened on numerous occasions, and I can really tell whether it's projection or denial because it's sort of obvious to tell the differences between the two.
C) In almost all situations, I've exerted denial in one form or another. I cannot explain why or how in this situation either, it's just something that I do.
D) In this post, I want to reply to pretty much all of psych nation: we all exert some form of defense mechanism in one way or another. This is going to sound silly, but don't be ashamed if you unconsciously use a defense mechanism and don't realize it. In a sense, it's sort of like a bodily reflex, except cognitive or psychological(either or, I don't remember. I think they're both the same thing). So yeah, I just wanted for that to be said, because it happens to me all the time.
A) Discuss what you have learned about Defense Mechanisms.
ReplyDelete-Based on how I interpeted defense mechanisms it is basically a method we use to defend emotions such as anger,sadness,or embarrassment .
B) Discuss a time when someone used a defense mechanism on you.
-I personally had a bad encounter with projection.my ex-boyfriend would always accuss me of cheating and causing damage to our relationship. while towards the end of our relationship the truth came out that he had been talking to another girl the whole time we were together.
C) Discuss a recent moment that you used a defense mechanism on someone.
-Rationalization would have to be the mechanism that I have been in contaact with most recently.My mom has been bothering me constantly about how much food I have been consuming as it doesn’t seem health.I always reply its nothing serious I’m just not hungury as I use to be.At first this was just something I used to get her off my back but after saying it so much I started believing my lies instead of facing the truth.
D) Respond to a classmates posting, in a constructive way.
-In response to Jamardrick post I find myself in the same situation when it comes to grades and my first instinct is to bring everyone else around down with me.
There are nine defense mechanisms:
ReplyDeleteDenial: ignoring the truth
Displacement: making your feelings project to someone less threatening person
Intellectualization: making yourself insensitive to the manner
Projection: putting your feelings about yourself towards others
Rationalization: making excuses.
Reaction Formation: changing your feelings about something to its opposite in result to an impulse
Regression: going back to stable state
Repression: blocking out your emotions
Sublimation: making yourself completely unaware
The last time someone used a defense mechanism on me it was displacement. A young lady was tellihg me about how I was such a bad friend because I don't give her all of my attention. Unfortunately, it is her mother who she feels most threaned by and she decided to take her anger out on me.
In response to her lack of jugdement, I used intellectualiztion to completly ignore her because I immediately identified what she was doing.
Trishia, I can understand where your coming from. Sometime you just don't want to interact with others defiantly when disappointment is involved.
Defense Mechanisms…PERSONAL FAVORITE!!!
ReplyDeleteBecause of anxiety provoking demands created by the id, superego, and reality, the ego develops these defense mechanisms. Although we may knowingly use these mechanisms, in many cases, these mechanisms function on an unconscious level to distort reality.
Those Ego Defense Mechanisms are:
• Rationalization: coming up with a beneficial result out of an undesirable consequence.
• Sublimation: act out unacceptable impulses by converting them into a more acceptable form.
• Displacement: redirecting one’s feelings toward another.
• Denial: not accepting the threatening truth.
• Intellectualization: undertaking an unemotional, academic study of a subject.
• Repression: blocking out conscious awareness.
• Regression: returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior.
• Projection: attributing one’s own thoughts, feelings, or motives to another.
[Denial] ONCE UPON A TIME, my dog, Ivo, died of natural (unknown) causes. The following few weeks, I kept telling myself that he’d wake up…EVERY AFTERNOON, I LAY THERE by his side (MALODOROUS)…I was 5 years old…D&#@
[Displacement] ONCE UPON A TIME, I broke a friend’s cellphone ($400.00). To my surprise, he ended up taking his anger out on his girlfriend…THEY BROKE UP & I still owe him $50.00….D&#@.
@Juan Loayza, NEAR PERFECT COMMENT…AS USUAL….
SHOUTOUT TO D-JONES AKA “YOUR AWESOMENESS”
A)I learned that Defense Mechanisms are a way that we respond to certain situations. Some of us rather make excuses (rationalization) or even take out your fustration onto something else (Displacement). Whichever defense mechanisms it may be, All people use them in different ways...
ReplyDeleteRationalization: is making excuses.
Reaction Formation: is pretending to be something your not.
Projection: is accusing someone else; (turning the table around)
Sublimation: is dealing with something in a social way.
Displacement: is taking out your fustration onto something else.
Denial: is your inability to face reality.
Intellectualization: facing "cold facts"
Regression: is reverting to an earlier stage.
Repression: is when you try to hide away, because of something hurtful.
B) Me and my sister used to share a savings account. We decided that no mater what happens we ask eachother if we can use any of that money. But one day she didnt, she took the whole money in the account to buy a video camera. I was so upset because she went behind my back. When i confronted her about it, she said i was being selfish and that i probably would of wanted to do the same thing she did. She tried her best to flip it on me. She was using PROJECTION.
C) When my great grandmother passed away i couldnt believe it. It was such a shock and hit me really hard. I went the whole week not wanting to believe it. It was my inability to face reality that lead me to not want to talk to my mom. I was in DENIAL.
D) I agree with nayanna comment. If i know im about to get in trouble with my mom i try my best to avoid going home.
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ReplyDeleteHello:)
ReplyDeleteI learned exactly what defense mechanisms were and how to tell the difference between what each one of them were.
One time someone made me angry early one school day. When i walked into 6th period, Kevin said hi to me. I was so angry that i purposely started an argument with him. That was an example of how i displaced my anger onto kevin.
Every time my brother is angry at something he channels his anger into working out. That is an example of how he used sublimation.
Kevin also talks about the way i (friend) have displaced my anger onto him and how Juan sublimates his anger into working out, which is what my brother does.
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ReplyDeleteDefense Mechanism are actually really interesting, especially when you know that people are using against you but they don't even know what is that...so it's interesting to see others mistakes and you can immediately see if its a lie or not.
Rationalization: making excuses.
A time when a Defense Mechanism was used on me was rationalization when i ask my friend to go get me my report card for me because i was absent and he started to tell 20 minute story about his mom and he made excuses for 15 minutes so i told him don't worry i will get it tomorrow.
A time when i used a Defense Mechanism on someone else was denial. once my friend called me and told me that teacher put 0 for the project and i was shocked because i didn't believe it i just couldn't i knew i did all the work and i didn't accept that so next day i fell into argument with my teacher and eventuelly she found out that i gave her work but she somehow put it somewhere else so i got my 100%...Thats right..
I want to comment on Samica Telhomme because she is right about the denial she always uses it even today with me... we had an argument and i
felt and i told her stop using defense mechanism
and she just lughed
a) Defense Mechanisms enable our mind to reach compromises to conflicts that we are unable to solve. If id and super-ego have a conflict, defense mechanisms take place and trying to protect the ego.
ReplyDeleteHere are some of them:
Denial: Not accepting the ego-threatening truth.
Rationalization: Coming up with a beneficial result out of an undesirable consequence.
Reaction Formation: Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels.
Projection: Believing that the feelings one has towards someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at one self.
Sublimation: Channeling one's frustration toward a different goal.
Displacement: Redirecting one's feeling toward another person or object.
Intellectualization: Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic.
Regression: Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior.
b) When I came to U.S. I did not really speak English and was feeling anxiety and nervousness but then I started to Intellectualize and I was learning a lot of English material and how to communicate with people.
c) When friend of mine was angry on me, he punched the wall. He used displacement.
d) I completely agree with Juan on sublimation. When I`m angry(which happens rare)I do the same thing - work-out more than I did before.
Nicole Norteman: Defense mechinisms are our natural way of dealing with things, good or bad. Sometimes you just have no control over it.
ReplyDeleteWhen my mother is upset at my sister, she tends to take out her anger on me by having outragous attitudes and yelling for no reason. - Displacement
My father doesn't speak to me anymore, he doesn't pay child support, or call. Yet i still believe that he could be a good father and that he loves me, - Denial
I also agree with Juan's sublimation. I don't exactly go to the gym to relive my stress, but i do like to go for walks, or even clean or organize my room.
(Kayla Washington)
ReplyDeleteDefense mechanisms are the ways we handle certain situations.
When I’m mad at someone I usually write poetry or go for a walk – sublimation
If something bad has happened to my boyfriend he usually shows me attitude like it’s my fault.- displacement