Psychoanalysis and Defense Mechanisms: Understanding the Unconscious
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Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis is a discipline founded by Sigmund Freud, and within it, one can distinguish three levels:
- A) A research method that essentially brings evidence of the unconscious meaning of words, actions, and imaginary productions (dreams, fantasies, delusions) of an individual.
- B) A psychotherapeutic method based on this research and characterized by the interpretation of resistance, transference, and desire.
- C) A set of psychological and psychopathological theories that systematize the data provided by the psychoanalytic method of investigation and treatment.
Defense Mechanisms
Defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image.
- Repression: