#psychoanalytic_process  a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
  supertype:  #human_process__humanproces  a process in which human beings are involved
  subtype:  #defense_mechanism__defensemechanism__defense_reaction__defensereaction__defencemechanism__defence_reaction__defencereaction__defense  (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
     subtype:  #compensation.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
        subtype:  #overcompensation.compensation  (psychiatry) an attempt to overcome a real or imagined defect or unwanted trait by overly exaggerating its opposite
     subtype:  #conversion.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
     subtype:  #denial.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts
     subtype:  #displacement.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
     subtype:  #idealisation__idealization  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
     subtype:  #intellectualization__intellectualisation  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
     subtype:  #projection.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else
     subtype:  #rationalisation__rationalization  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
     subtype:  #reaction_formation  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
     subtype:  #regression  (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
     subtype:  #repression.defense_mechanism  (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

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