Ego Defenses
Posted in Perceptions on Jul 27th, 2008 1 Comment »
What are some ego defenses?
Grandiosity
Negative Merging
Schizoid Defense
Defensive Suspiciousness
This is not your ordinary Freudian list of ego defenses. Freud’s list of ego defenses looks something like this:
Denial, Repression, and Suppression
Displacement and Sublimation
Projection and Intellectualization
Rationalization
Regression
Reaction Formation
The difference in these two lists of ego defenses is that one concerns itself with the ego’s defense against anxiety seeking equilibrium [...]
