unconscious - Concepts

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Concepts

Unconscious Thought Theory - The theory that complex decisions can be improved by loading the problem consciously, then distracting yourself so unconscious processing can weigh the many variables involved.
Shadow Work - The process of exploring and integrating unconscious aspects of your personality.
Psychological Regression - A defense mechanism in which a person reverts to behaviors characteristic of an earlier developmental stage when facing stress or conflict.
Defense Mechanisms - Unconscious psychological strategies used by the ego to protect itself from anxiety and distressing thoughts or feelings.
Reaction Formation - A defense mechanism where a person behaves in the opposite way to their true feelings to conceal unacceptable impulses from themselves and others.
Collective Unconscious - Jung's concept of a shared layer of the unconscious mind containing universal archetypes and inherited psychic structures common to all humanity.