Jesus says in John 8:32 that "the truth will make you free." Yet we live in an age of denial, and I will discuss three examples below. In his chapter on "The Mechanisms of Defense" in his book "The ...

Note that this author has published a book, entitled “Illuminating Schizophrenia: Insights into the Uncommon Mind”, available on Amazon.com. Anna Freud (1937) created a theory of defense mechanisms ...

Our tongue is a powerful muscle. Human beings have learned to utilize language to love, comfort, destroy, and even protect our emotions. Defense mechanisms can arise at any moment when we feel ...

Defense mechanisms are primarily unconscious responses that allow people to protect themselves from anxious thoughts, strong feelings or emotions, unwanted impulses, or painful memories. They are ...

If you keep using defense mechanisms to avoid your feelings, they might end up wreaking havoc on your psyche. The one most crucial element which makes us who we are — humans — is our ability to ...