Defense Mechanisms | How We Manage Anxiety (and Get Stuck)

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

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.

Wow. Equating emotions with “intruding pathogens”. That was quite an evocative metaphor right there.

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.

Salute to your grip on the topic and crispy concise communication skills you have got.such clarity is rare!

Such a simple and succinct way to explain such difficult concepts! Thank you!

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.

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You explain these terms so well, after a confusing lecture I come to your videos and listen to your simple explanations. thank you.

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Thanks really needed to go through some of my defense mechanisms after some failure and disappointments in my life!

Absolutely enjoyed this one❤

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Absolutely brilliant videos! I’m retraining as a Psychotherapist and these videos are so informative and well explained! 😀

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