The traditional view of ego defense mechanisms is that they maintain emotional equilibrium and self-esteem. Evolutionary ...
Defense mechanisms are a way for the mind to cope with stress or difficult feelings. They are unconscious mechanisms, which means that a person uses them without realizing it. Defense mechanisms can ...
Note that this author has published a book, entitled “Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon Mind”, available on Amazon.com. Anna Freud (1937) created a theory of defense mechanisms ...