Repression, denial, rationalization are all ego defense mechanisms. We feel better, but often these defenses are only stopgaps. We feel better for a while, but then reality hits and we don’t feel so good. More about healthier ego defenses in my next post. Thanks for watching and reading Inside the Mind of a Psychiatrist: what my patients taught me about human nature.
Art
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Art Smukler, MD 