By Dr Vasilios SilivistrisWe all face stress, conflict and emotional strain at different points in our lives. How we respond to these pressures can have a significant impact on our mental and ...

Denial is a type of defense mechanism that involves ignoring the reality of a situation to avoid anxiety. Defense mechanisms are strategies that people use to cope with distressing feelings. In the ...

Projection is a defense mechanism where individuals subconsciously attribute their own undesirable traits to others to avoid facing these traits themselves. Rooted in the psychoanalytic theory ...

You may use defense mechanisms to help protect you from stress, but they can be both helpful and harmful. Recognizing defense ...

Everyone uses defense mechanisms, and if you believe Freud, everyone has to, in order to avoid staring in the face of our worst anxieties. Even if you don’t believe Freud, it’s hard to argue with the ...

Understand these self-protective psychological processes. Defense mechanisms are psychological processes that someone unconsciously engages in to avoid discomfort, and there are several specific types ...