Defense mechanisms are unconscious tools that people use to escape intensely unpleasant emotions, like anger, jealousy, guilt, and grief. Repression is one of these strategies.

As one of the most common defense mechanisms, reaction formation helps us avoid anxiety-inducing, painful, or simply negative emotions and impulses. It involves replacing these

Projection is one of those psychology terms you may have come across in your daily life. Whether it’s in a heated discussion among your friends

Have you ever been annoyed by another person’s attempt to justify their unacceptable behavior? That person may have been rationalizing, i.e. using logic as an

We use an array of defense mechanisms to protect ourselves from pain, guilt, and anxiety. You may already know some of your own ways of

When you first find someone you love and who loves you back, it can be easy to overlook some of their behaviors and ways of

Do you feel like you just can’t have enough affection? Do you feel like you’re starving for physical touch? If you do, know that it