Defense Mechanisms | How We Manage Anxiety (and Get Stuck)
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Күн бұрынDefense Mechanisms in psychology are our inbuilt anxiety management system. Denial, projection, repression, intellectualization, shield us from anxiety and protect our self-esteem. But while they are certainly useful to keep us functioning in our everyday life, defense mechanisms can get in the way of us thriving in our life. Because defense mechanisms use distortions, they always involve some form of self-deception - and can therefore keep us stuck in never facing important uncomfortable emotions or memories. Freud and the entire psychodynamic tradition studied defense mechanisms intensely and in this video I want to share some of their basic insights with you.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 The What, Why, and How of Defense Mechanisms
03:47 Primary vs. Secondary Defenses
04:09 Primary Defense Mechanisms
04:42 Denial
05:17 Omnipotent Control
06:28 Idealization and Devaluation
07:48 Projection
08:24 Projective Identification
09:14 Somatization
09:44 Secondary Defense Mechanisms
09:58 Repression
10:43 Isolation of Affect + Compartmentalization
11:52 Rationalization + Intellectualization + Moralization
13:34 Displacement
14:08 Reaction Formation
14:57 Sublimation
15:59 Conclusion
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@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The What, Why, and How of Defense Mechanisms 03:47 Primary vs. Secondary Defenses 04:09 Primary Defense Mechanisms 04:42 Denial 05:17 Omnipotent Control 06:28 Idealization and Devaluation 07:48 Projection 08:24 Projective Identification 09:14 Somatization 09:44 Secondary Defense Mechanisms 09:58 Repression 10:43 Isolation of Affect + Compartmentalization 11:52 Rationalization + Intellectualization + Moralization 13:34 Displacement 14:08 Reaction Formation 14:57 Sublimation 15:59 Conclusion
@terencehennegan1439 6 ай бұрын
Thank you and a happy new year.
@bravemind8152 2 ай бұрын
❤ Thank you Lina ❤
@lenavoyles526 Жыл бұрын
Wow. Equating emotions with “intruding pathogens”. That was quite an evocative metaphor right there.
@SusanaXpeace2u 2 ай бұрын
I understand projective identification 😭😭 because when I tried to communicate something very important to my mother she used a range of strategies to shut me down. First she was the victim of me, hurt by me. My father told me off for hurting her. I kept tryign to explain and I was shut down, given the cold shoulder. I kept trying and I was told I was angry and detached from reality! After three years, my mother told me it was merely my perception that she was giving me the cold shoulder and I raged at her, raaaaaaaaged at her like I was craaaaaaaaazy. I was so angry, to having been given the silent treatment for 3 years that in the end, I was ''angry'' and I was ''crazy''. So I handed them angry and crazy on a plate.
@SusanaXpeace2u 2 ай бұрын
This was really interesting, it went a bit deeper than other videos I've watched about defence mechanisms. you speak English with a lovely accent, not American, Not English, but like a native of somewhere English speaking.
@sadahussain2467 Жыл бұрын
Salute to your grip on the topic and crispy concise communication skills you have got.such clarity is rare!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad to hear my style of teaching resonated with you. Best wishes, Alina
@kristinazakharova3928 Жыл бұрын
Such a simple and succinct way to explain such difficult concepts! Thank you!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words, Kristina! I'm so glad to hear it was helpful. Best wishes 😊
@drachenreiter.1265 Жыл бұрын
Please continue your amazing work!!! You are literally helping thousands of struggling students!!!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
That's so kind, I'm glad to hear the video is helpful!
@markmarki9511 Жыл бұрын
Your explaination of projective identificatiom is one of the bests I heard - I too struggled to understand that one. Keep making these informative vids. They really are helpful and interesting.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to hear my explanations were helpful. Projective identification is such a hard concept to understand. Thank you so much for your kind words, it means a lot. Best wishes!
@pfunzohopemudau3140 Жыл бұрын
You explain these terms so well, after a confusing lecture I come to your videos and listen to your simple explanations. thank you.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Pfunzo! That is such a kind compliment, I'm so glad to hear you enjoyed the video. Best wishes 🍀
@nafeesa14 3 ай бұрын
Absolutely enjoyed this one❤
@gerrymanrique9395 Жыл бұрын
This is superb. Thank you so much! I’m glad I found this channel.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you for you kind words, Gerry. That means a lot!
@shmoolicious Жыл бұрын
You're back! My favorite KZfaqr!!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, how kind of you to say! That’s so encouraging to hear 😌 I currently don’t have enough time to be consistent but I’m always happy when I manage to film a new video 😊
@ChrissieGregory 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great explanation of defense mechanisms. So happy to have found your channel. 👌
@PsychodynamicPsychology 10 ай бұрын
Thank you, Chrissie! Great to have you here :)
@Ahdchen 5 ай бұрын
Love this book!❤
@nicknorizadeh4336 Жыл бұрын
Thanks really needed to go through some of my defense mechanisms after some failure and disappointments in my life!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Hi Nick, thanks for your comment! It takes a lot of time and patience to understand our own defenses. I wish you the best.
@elizabethamandahead3958 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Elizabeth! That is very generous of you 💛
@amanr6346 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant videos! I’m retraining as a Psychotherapist and these videos are so informative and well explained! 😀
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
That's awesome, Aman! I wish you best of luck with your training. Thank you so much for your comment as well, I'm in training myself and love to share what I learn 😊
@dianneedwards4757 Ай бұрын
Just discovered you! Brilliant! Will purchase Psychoanalytic Diagnosis. Lecturers online throw these terms around without explaining them in detail. I was in Psychoanalysis with a Lacanian therapist but it didn’t work out. Now with a Psychotherapist with an MBBS and a PhD in Psychological Medicine. I am in Melbourne, Australia. You are an excellent teacher and communicator.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Dianne! Best wishes to the other side of the world :)
@elizabethsteele4633 9 ай бұрын
Excellent . You covered a lot of ground in a clear and provocative presentation . Thank you .
@PsychodynamicPsychology 9 ай бұрын
Thank you! Uh, "provocative" satisfies the boring teenager inside of me, haha. All the best for you, Elizabeth!
@emilyk7851 Жыл бұрын
this is great!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Emily 😊
@mannagarwal5390 Ай бұрын
Psychodynamic Psycho-Therapy is promising to bring lasting changes and possibly even preventing psychological disorders... Very under-developed field. I am a doctor and most of what I'm doing is addressing the neurotransmitter changes caused by chronic unmanaged emotional experiences. Would love to hear your thoughts on this.
@matthewmckever2312 7 ай бұрын
Hi Alina I'm going to therapy on Tuesday, 3 days time so I figured I better have a dive into the different processes but once I started your vids I couldn't stop. Your very concise and clear and I can now put names to faces, so to speak. So thankyou. Take care now Matthew.
@PsychodynamicPsychology 7 ай бұрын
Dear Matthew, no need to know theoretical concepts for psychotherapy. I hope you find a practitioner who helps you dive deeper into the lived experience of it all :) It's the most intense journey I've ever been on. Best wishes, Alina
@danielmiller7037 Жыл бұрын
high quality content thank you
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Glat to hear you liked it, Daniel! Thanks a bunch for your comment :)
@yusaaziz3214 2 ай бұрын
Images in dreams also helpful in identifying defences…defence mechanisms is also archetypal…quite often called as Archetype of Defences
@PsychodynamicPsychology Ай бұрын
That can absolutely be the case!
@eddiesanders2719 3 ай бұрын
Subscribed!
@PsychodynamicPsychology 3 ай бұрын
Welcome!
@MrGpoulin Жыл бұрын
Love this. Especially the fact that this is coming from a licensed psychologist, in sharp contrast with these zillions of self-proclaimed "coaches" or "experts" who use their single (and terrible) past experience/relationship with a person with BPD or NPD to make videos followed by thousands who enjoy the bashing of the poor people who are caught with these disorders for their entire lifetime.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your comment, Georges. I hope dearly that sharing what I learn can bring more nuance to conversations. I can definitely tend towards generalizations on my bad days, but so far the daily reality checks and supervision at work has helped me a great deal. It's so unfortunate to see how substantial and nuanced concepts in psychology get hijacked and misrepresented. There is so little self-awareness and so much compartmentalization happening. And that's certainly not real clinical wisdom, which we all (me included!) need so much.
@Kendriquecoats Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your content. This has definitely helped me on my path to getting certified as a marriage & family therapist. Thank you!
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Wow, that’s so wonderful! Thank you for your kind comment, Kendrique. That means a lot. I wish you all the best for your work 🍀
@Samsara90 Жыл бұрын
Thought-provoking video as usual, thank you. You make the point that defence mechanisms are important and serve a function, and aren't something we need to get rid of. Whilst I understand that these “defence mechanisms” can serve a purpose (i.e., an immediate positive benefit for the person utilising the defence mechanism), I don’t quite understand how that makes them necessary or desirable over some other mental process that doesn’t involve some type of delusion (is it fair to call it that? -- I don’t know), or unconscious process. If we have sufficient self-awareness to shine a light on our unconscious defence mechanisms, would it not be better to replace them with something a little more “grown-up”? Because, to me, these defence mechanisms sound entirely based around protecting one’s ego, rather than a practical mechanism used to help one move forward in life, or not chase every thought or feeling one has (e.g., I have a negative thought, and I consciously decide that I’m not going to go down that path because I know it’s not in my interest to do so). Of course, I could just be speaking from my intellectualization and omnipotent control defence mechanisms 😉 But no, this is something I’ve been thinking about recently so I’m interested in hearing other thoughts, hence this comment. You’re also beautiful.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your elaborate comment and interesting question! I'll try my best to answer 😋 The goal is always to have flexible and secondary (mature) defense mechanisms. Primary defenses are indeed undesireable because they distort reality so much and make problem-solving difficult. But mature defenses (if they are moderate and flexible) are desireable. If we couldn't repress, rationalize, sublimate, etc, we would constantly be flooded with intense emotions, impulses, memories - which would make life unliveable. In modern times the term "ego" has gotten a bad reputation. But in Freud's case, he never talked about the ego but about the "I" (the original German term that Freud used is "Ich", which translates to "I"). The goal is to strengthen the "I", give it healthy defenses to navigate reality more effectively, while weakening defenses in therapy when something needs to be worked through that they keep hidden. I hope that makes sense! Best wishes.
@sameersawdekar3293 Жыл бұрын
So very well explained Alina. Very succinct and to the point. Just one question, is Sublimation the same as Self-Actualization?
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sameer! No, sublimation and self-actualization are not the same. Sublimation is a mature defense mechanisms which helps to turn a lower impulse that might be dysfunctional (desire for revenge, sadism, exhibitionism, etc.) into something useful (for example being a lawyer, surgeon, actor). Therefore, you might say that sublimation can be a part of the journey towards self-actualization but they are not the same thing. I hope that helps!
@sameersawdekar3293 Жыл бұрын
@@PsychodynamicPsychology Thanks for your prompt response Alina. Thanks for clarifying. Yes, now I have a better understanding of sublimation
@ashwinidarade3159 17 күн бұрын
i have a doubt regarding mature defense mechanism, I think repression and isolation of affect us part of immature DM
@e-t-y237 11 ай бұрын
Dissociation must be close to the rocket ship of defense mechanisms. As in, "I'm out of here just try to reach me."
@PsychodynamicPsychology 10 ай бұрын
It's one of many defense mechanisms and can come in various forms (from depersonalisation, derealisation to extreme forms of dissociations).
@luigisecchi2248 2 ай бұрын
Hello, a very, very significant and usuful video. Do you think that one can work on defenses by himself? (without a therapist..) Thanks.
@darisesanker6022 2 ай бұрын
Good question. I am going to try too lol
@drachenreiter.1265 Жыл бұрын
I would like to take therapy sessions to learn the psychodynamic therapy better. Is there a way to DM you to ask you details about your therapy sessions In case u provide them?
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your interest but I do not provide psychotherapy online!
@drachenreiter.1265 Жыл бұрын
@@PsychodynamicPsychology oh well... then I'll just enjoy your uploads.
@anandarpm Жыл бұрын
🙏
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, that's so kind of you to contribute 💛
@anandarpm Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@ahmednor5806 Жыл бұрын
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@remotefaith 5 ай бұрын
Ok so we’ve identified these defences we all use, now what? We can’t live without them and they obviously help people to function. To constantly self analyse just leads to more confusion
@drew67gmdrm72 2 ай бұрын
Awareness of our own defenses allows to not have it on autopilot . You stop pause and then you have choices
@kingbrad4863 9 күн бұрын
They will probably happen naturally. If you self reflect you'll understand why you do things better and have a better understanding as to why, and what you can do better. You ask yourself why you're doing that thing. In hopes of not needing to constantly be coping, rather coming from a place of being above the problem. Realizing that the problem is your avoidance/ the way you see the problem rather than the problem itself. Maybe understanding that your reaction wasn't exactly your fault will lead you to taking responsibility for your actions. Maybe it'll help you understand why other people behave the way they do and how to help them. The only person who needs to protect their self esteem is the one with a low one.
@alexrowdy2718 Жыл бұрын
Basically, whatever feelings you have - they belong to some classification in psychology.
@PsychodynamicPsychology Жыл бұрын
The super-psychological and always valid answer is "it depends..." 😉
@mojoforever8583 3 ай бұрын
Great videos - please speak slower, with your accent it’s very difficult to follow!!
@PsychodynamicPsychology 3 ай бұрын
I hear that a lot. There is an option to slow down the video on KZfaq for the time being :)
@monicalaita8811 3 ай бұрын
@@PsychodynamicPsychology Brilliant!! Im chuffed! I didnt think about that! thank you for the advise thats going to help my viewing and my learning!
@saeedneuro 3 ай бұрын
everyone is different and I'm sure Alina appreciates your feedback, but I do have to say I find her presentation, cadence, and articulation to be excellent
@monicalaita8811 3 ай бұрын
@@saeedneuroshe’s amazing no doubt and she’s got such a rich and accurate vocabulary. Such an invaluable help with my studies. It’s just frustrating not being able to capture everything she says however Ive now slowed down the video a bit and that works wonders! Love her work
@saeedneuro 3 ай бұрын
@@monicalaita8811 I'm sure she appreciates your feedback that's how we be the best version of ourselves 😊. I think the delivery is great tho and agree with the content being great too
@solomancambridge2572 11 ай бұрын
The content was delivered in a easy to understand manner. It really got me thinking deeply about my defense mechanisms. I especially enjoyed your soothing tone of voice and lovely accent. I'll be back.❤
@PsychodynamicPsychology 11 ай бұрын
So glad to hear you enjoyed this! And also happy that my voice and accent are enjoyable pleasant for you 😊
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