Defence mechanisms

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Hypochondriasis or hypochondria is a condition in which a person is excessively and unduly worried about having a serious illness. Hypochondria is an old concept whose meaning has repeatedly changed over its lifespan. It has been claimed that this debilitating condition results from an inaccurate perception of the condition of body or mind despite the absence of an actual medical diagnosis. An individual with hypochondriasis is known as a hypochondriac. Hypochondriacs become unduly alarmed about any physical or psychological symptoms they detect, no matter how minor the symptom may be, and are

unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli

mental faculty of drawing imagination and desire in the human brain

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mild detachment from immediate surroundings to more severe detachment from physical and emotional experience

type of defense mechanism where socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior

a defence mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities

keeping out from consciousness ideas or impulses that are unacceptable to it

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mental defence mechanism

psychological defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation

rejecting a fact despite the overwhelming evidence of its truth based on fear of its outcome

indirect expression of hostility

psychological process whereby the subject assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, by the model the other provides

In psychology, introjection (often mistakenly considered a substitute for the terms identification or internalization) is the unconscious adoption of the thoughts, memories or personality traits of others. It occurs as a normal part of development, such as a child taking on parental values and attitudes. It can also be a defense mechanism in situations that arouse anxiety. It has been associated with both normal and pathological development. In sociology and other social sciences, internalization (or internalisation) means an individual's acceptance of a set of norms and values (established by

exaggerated or irrational thought pattern involved in the onset and perpetuation of psychopathological states

psychological defense mechanism

In psychology, intellectualization (intellectualisation) is a defense mechanism by which reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress – where thinking is used to avoid feeling. It involves emotionally removing one's self from a stressful event. Intellectualization may accompany, but is different from, rationalization, the pseudo-rational justification of irrational acts.

failure in thought to bring together both positive qualities and negative aspects of people into a cohesive whole

unconscious defense mechanism in psychology

Type of defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory

psychological strategy

Somatization is the generation of somatic symptoms due to psychological distress, often coinciding with a tendency to seek medical help for them. The term somatization was introduced by Wilhelm Stekel in 1924.

performing an action considered bad

defence mechanism in psychoanalytic theory

phenomenon in clinical psychology

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Concept in psychoanalysis

Freudian barrier between the conscious and the unconscious

term

psychological defense mechanism

psychology terminology

cognitive strategy

type of deception

psychological concept for when a single idea (an image, memory, or thought) or dream object stands for several associations and ideas

a distinct form of antisemitism that has been observed in several countries since the end of the Holocaust

in Freudian theories, distorted memory, generally of a visual rather than verbal nature, deriving from childhood

psychological concept

concept in psychology

Scotomization is a psychological term for the mental blocking of unwanted perceptions, analogous to the visual blindness of an actual scotoma.