Contents:
- Medical Video: How to react when someone insults you? Dealing with Rude People – Personality Development Tips
- Self defense mechanism from a psychological point of view
- Various types of psychological reactions to self-defense
- 1. Disclaimer (denial)
- 2. Repression
- 3. Regression
- 4. Projection
- 5. Rationalization
- 6. Sublimation
- 7. Transfer (displacement)
Medical Video: How to react when someone insults you? Dealing with Rude People – Personality Development Tips
In living life, everyone will encounter various problems. Starting from a fairly trivial problem such as facing traffic jams to big problems such as failure, divorce, or loss of a loved one. The difficulties you have to face may overwhelm your mind or feel threatened.
Just as the body will react to protect itself when in danger, your soul also has a special system to defend itself when facing a dangerous situation. Unconsciously, you will immediately build a self-defense mechanism so that your life is not interrupted by threats or dangers from the outside.
Everyone has their own way of protecting themselves. There are those who vent their emotions on the people closest to them, but there are also those who actually concern themselves with working in order to forget their turmoil. Then, which method do you usually use when you are stressed or overwhelmed by problems? Come on, find out the answer below.
Self defense mechanism from a psychological point of view
The self-defense mechanism was first developed by an Austrian father and son whose name was quite fragrant in the realm of psychology. The two men were Sigmund Freud and Anna Freud. According to this father and son, when you face a difficult or uncomfortable situation, your mind needs a certain way to escape the emotion that arises. This happens because humans always instinctively avoid negative feelings such as sadness, anger, disappointment, shame, and fear. In addition, you are also required not to vent negative emotions in society and the social environment.
This is when your mind will form a self-defense mechanism. The self-defense mechanism serves to dispel unpleasant feelings or so that unpleasant events and experiences feel better. Your mind will activate this self-defense mode automatically, which means beyond your awareness and control.
However, these emotions don't really disappear from your mind. You can only press or set it aside. Therefore, the mechanism of self defense is not a way to solve problems, but solely the natural reaction of the soul to the problem.
Various types of psychological reactions to self-defense
Since the self-defense mechanism was developed by Sigmund Freud and his daughter, many other experts have contributed to the theory to supplement various types of self-defense. Here are seven of the most encountered and studied self-defense mechanisms.
1. Disclaimer (denial)
The person who denies knows that what he is doing is wrong or harmful, but he uses a variety of reasons so that it can be accepted. For example the problem of cigarette addiction. Instead of acknowledging and changing the habit, he just denied the existence of a problem by thinking, "Ah, I just smoke when I'm stressed out,".
2. Repression
When someone feels that a certain situation or conflict is out of his control, he instead chooses to forget or not admit it at all. An example of repression is when you lose someone who is very close to you. Instead of accepting the reality and feeling lonely, you just assume that the person is still alive. Another example is a mother who is pregnant out of wedlock. He chose to surrender his child to be adopted by another person and did not want to admit that he had given birth and had children.
3. Regression
This mechanism is characterized by the withdrawal of a person's psychological state back to his childhood. When you feel nervous because you are afraid of being reprimanded by a boss, you might even cry like a child. Or if you are out of love, you don't want to leave the room to go to campus or office at all. You just want to curl up all day in bed while hugging your favorite doll.
4. Projection
To defend yourself from feelings, thoughts, or emotions that are difficult for you to accept, you are actually projecting those feelings on others. For example, you don't like your coworkers when you have to work with them every day. So, you just feel that your partner doesn't like you, not the other way around. As another example, you are not really sure about your lover, but you are afraid to leave it. For that, you are actually projecting this doubt on your friend by accusing him of not supporting your relationship with your lover.
5. Rationalization
Trying to rationalize thoughts, words, or actions that you know is actually wrong is a form of self-defense mechanism. As an illustration, you always come late to the office and finally get reprimanded by your boss. To avoid guilt or shame, you reason that your home is far from the office and always stuck in traffic. In fact, you can actually leave earlier than usual so that it is not too late, but you always wake up late.
6. Sublimation
Sublimation occurs when you vent negative emotions on positive things. For example, you just had a big fight with a partner. To release anger and resentment, you are looking for useful activities such as cutting grass. Even though it feels positive, you are actually just thirsty to vent the feeling of wanting to destroy or damage something. This type of self-defense mechanism is quite often found in society.
7. Transfer (displacement)
In contrast to sublimation where you are looking for positive emotional release, transfer makes you look for objects that can be the target of your negative emotions. An example is when you fail to meet work targets. You will also go home to bring this disappointment and act harshly by slamming doors, yelling at family members, or driving vehicles in reckless ways. This form of self-defense mechanism is also common to people.
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