defense-mechanisms - Concepts

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Compartmentalization - The defense mechanism of mentally separating conflicting thoughts, emotions, or experiences into isolated categories to avoid cognitive dissonance and emotional distress.
Denial - A defense mechanism in which a person refuses to accept reality, facts, or the significance of events, acting as if painful information simply does not exist.
Psychological Projection - A defense mechanism where individuals unconsciously attribute their own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, motives, or traits to other people.
Displacement - The defense mechanism of redirecting emotions, especially anger or frustration, from their original target to a less threatening or more accessible substitute.
Dissociation - A psychological process of disconnecting from thoughts, feelings, surroundings, or sense of identity, ranging from mild everyday experiences to severe trauma responses.
Intellectualization - The defense mechanism of using abstract thinking, analysis, and reasoning to distance oneself from the emotional content of a stressful or threatening situation.