Ego Defense Mechanism: Difference between revisions

Our minds are programmed and then neurologically wired to select and interpret evidence supporting the relationship to our self as “I'm OK” and there is nothing wrong with me. A variety of mechanisms: conscious, unconscious, and social will direct our attention to ignore the negative issues in our life and to highlight what we think is positive or acceptable in order to increase our optimism and reduce our anxiety. We work hard to retain the belief that “I'm OK” and there is nothing is wrong with me, even when faced with repeated negative patterns and feeling unhappy in life. Self-justification based upon social and mental programs of acceptance is deeply ingrained in each of us in order to feel better. To cope in this world our mental patterns make it easier for us to surface skim the information in the environment that easily supports what we already know or believe.