defense mechanisms
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3/30/2025 How do we protect ourselves from overwhelm, stress, or anxiety? Our brains have developed psychological strategies, known as “defense mechanisms,” that are unconsciously used to protect us from anxiety, arising from unacceptable thoughts or feelings that we might have. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud first developed the idea… Read more
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March 14, 2025 Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung first coined the term ”shadow” to describe aspects of our psyches that have been relegated to the unconscious. Jung believed that our shadow selves contain repressed emotions, thoughts, desires, insecurities, and fears. He theorized every individual has an inherent tendency to project their own unconscious thoughts, feelings, and… Read more
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