A Deep Dive into Defense Mechanisms

This will be a discussion about defense mechanisms. The adaptive heirarchy, categories of defenses, defense levels, and individual defenses.

Everybody uses defense mechanisms. Some are healthy such as sublimation (playing music or exercising). Some not so healthy, like help rejecting complaining (asking for help with a problem and rejecting the suggestions for resolution).

Let’s break down the categories, levels, and individual defenses!

Here Is a helpful link:

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.718440/full

More information will be added soon.