A Defense mechanism is a coping techniques to 'reduce anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful impulses'.
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A Defense mechanism sedates, or drugs, our awareness of the disappointments and threats we encounter in our lives.
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The Defense mechanism is the natural language of he species. We can't bear fear, lightning, thunder, pain, and death as they are. We know too much. So we resort to repression, compromise and disguise. This is how we survive the universe. This is the natural language of the species.
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A Defense mechanism is like a shock absorber on a car. It absorbs much of the sudden energy of the initial jolt and then releases it much more slowly and much less perceptively over time.