What is meant by "self defense mechanism" in psychology?

What is Self Defense Mechanism? In Indonesian, it's a self-defense mechanism. For example, when we step on an ant accidentally, what happens? The ant will bite us as a form of self-resistance. Just like humans, when we are crushed or stepped on, we will bite the person who stepped on us. Either consciously or unconsciously.

There are various ways humans "bite", including denial, displacement, intellectualization, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, sublimation, suppression, compensation and fixation.

The concept of defense mechanism was elaborated by Freud and then the concept was organized and refined by his son, Anna.

What's that? According to Feist & Feist (2009) Self-Defense Mechanism is divided into...

Displacement: divert to another target or in another direction.

Has anyone watched How I Met Your Mother about Barney Stinson's episode of chain of anger? It's more or less like displacement, when we are angry, upset, sad or other negative emotions we direct to other people who we think are lower than us or who roughly when we pour out these "emotions", that person will not get angry back. For example, the husband is angry with his wife, or the mother is angry with her child, the brother is angry with his sister, and so on. The shape doesn't have to be a chain as described by Barney.

Projection: projecting onto someone else.

We try to take the example of Edi who likes Farah, but he is embarrassed to admit it, when he is cornered in a situation, for example, when they are both in the same elevator and are alone, Edi will say, "Eh, Farah, Gus likes to know you !" Edi projects his love for Farah to Gus, because he is afraid of the consequences if Farah finds out that Edi likes Farah.

Introjection: project inward.

The opposite of projection, introjection is entering or projecting what other people usually do to us. For example, we are interested or like a character in a movie or a hero or maybe someone closest to us. When we are in a certain problem or we feel squeezed, we will position like our favorite character. "What Would They Do." After we think like the way they think, then we will act as they act, then subconsciously we will become like them.

Reaction formation: doing the opposite of what it feels like.

Reaction formation is often used as a plot for movies, TV shows, or anime, maybe you've watched other anime or FTV where the story is that men like women, but when he meets women he pretends to be indifferent and doesn't care about women, even though in his heart, he really loves his girl.

Regression: back to the previous stage.

Have you ever been really sad because of something such as a pet animal died, separation from a friend because he had to move to another city, etc., because he was so sad or depressed he ended up behaving like a child again or going back to the previous stage.

Repression: pressed into unconscious, then another defense mechanism appears (accidentally)

For example, when Irene was scolded by her parents because she played on the internet until late at night and didn't do her job, she suppressed her feelings indirectly or without realizing it, then another self-defence mechanism emerged.

Sublimation: Suppression of the genital urges of Eros of cultural or social origin.

Sublimation is directed towards creative things such as music, literature, etc. that are in line with social goals or human relations (which are acceptable to society).

Freud (1914/1953) in Feist & Feist (2009) believes that Michelangelo's work is the result of his depicted and sculpted libido.

In the modern era, it can also be found in Jessie J's song, entitled Bang Bang, where the lyrics contain the words

"Bang bang into the room, I know you want it, Bang bang all over you, I let you have it."

Fixation: oral/anal/phalic/latent/genital urges arise (Freud's theory).

When Mariam got into trouble, she would smoke. Smoking is a form of oral behavior drive. This explanation will be clearer if you know Freud's theory of development.

So, all this time, if you are in trouble, what self-defense mechanisms do you do?

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