Defense Mechanisms: The Department of Homeland Security

by Chrissann Nickel | Optimal Performance, Psychology, test-fullwidth

Defense mechanisms are like your personal department of homeland security; they are taxed with the job of protecting your interior landscape from domestic threats of psychological terror. Defense mechanisms protect you from the intensity of your feelings. Their intentions are always in your best interest, despite the consequences of their tactics. And there are always consequences. It just how it goes.