#unconscious_process__unconsciousproces__process__proces a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"
supertype: pm#process (pm) sumo#process (sumo)
subtype: #condensation (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams
subtype: #transference (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
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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