
MBMBaM 588: Swamp Cats and Dorfs
My Brother, My Brother And Me
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What Is Reaction Formation?
N douglas sidney told me about this thing called reaction formation. Reaction formation is omonaregi scientific thing. It's a fixation in consciousness of an idea where one's own rejected tendencies. Is a defence mechanism where you have an emotion or impulse that is very anxiety producing or unacceptable, and you deal with it by exaggerating the opposing tendency. By which i mean, you see the bad baby, and you say, ah, and extremely good. Best baby i've ever seen. And now i've become very paranoid about not doing that - because every other human being shares my anxiety.
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