COPING MECHANISMS

REGRESSION

• A return to an early stage of life or a supposed previous life through hypnosis or mental illness
• We use regression to remember memories with certain people

REGRESSION...

• A child who is abused by a parent later has no recollection of the events but has trouble forming relationship
• A woman who found child birth particularly painful continues to have children
• An optimist remember the past with a rosy glow and constantly repeats his mistakes

RATIONALIZATION

• Rationalization is an attempt to logically justify unaccepted behavior
• We use rationalization to avoid the true reason for the action

RATIONALIZATION...

• A person who is turned down for a date might rationalize and say well they weren’t attracted to me anyways
• A person who is turned down for a date might rationalize and say well they weren’t attracted to me anyways

DISPLACEMENT

• The removal of someone or something by someone or something else that takes their place, and the enforced departure of people from their homes
• We express our anger towards a person or object that poses no threat for no reason

DISPLACEMENT...

• We express our anger that lead to negative consequences like fighting with our boss. But instead we take our anger out on our spouses, children and pets