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[[Displacement]] (German: Verschiebung, "shift, move") is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable. Displacement operates in the mind unconsciously, its transference of emotions, ideas, or wishes being most often used to allay anxiety in the face of aggressive, unpleasant feelings or sexual impulses. | [[Displacement]] (German: Verschiebung, "shift, move") is an unconscious defense mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable. Displacement operates in the mind unconsciously, its transference of emotions, ideas, or wishes being most often used to allay anxiety in the face of aggressive, unpleasant feelings or sexual impulses. | ||
==Transference== | |||
[[Transference]] is a phenomenon characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another. One definition of transference is the inappropriate repetition in the present of a relationship pattern that was important in a person's childhood, to which the conflict was not resolved. Another definition is the redirection of feelings and desires and especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object or person. Still another definition is the reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences buried in the unconscious mind, and the substitution of another person to be thought to be the cause of these buried emotions, for the original object or causal event of the repressed impulses".<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transference Transference]</ref> | |||
==Ego Defense Mechanism== | ==Ego Defense Mechanism== | ||