Unconscious Mind: The Human Operating System
Dr. Gary Bell's Absurd Psychology
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The Defense Mechanisms of the Unconscious Mind
In therapy we attack these defense mechanisms and make them conscious. We get rid of some of that unconscious programming that hurts our life. So rationalization is used to excuse or to justify an experience that reflects negatively on who you are. There's also regression which is when people are stressed out they revert to an earlier psycho sage, psycho sexual stage let's say from a Freudian perspective in their life. And so if we don't deny our impulses and actually deal with them in a healthy way it allows us to process that information and accept it as a part of who we are.
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