Why it matters
Protects the person but may block insight.
Core term · Sigmund Freud · Anna Freud
Defense Mechanisms
The mind’s quiet strategies — denial, projection, repression — for keeping anxiety at a distance.
Areas of life
Conflictshamestress
How to handle it
Ask what feeling the defense is protecting you from.
Who shaped this idea
The thinkers behind it
Bring it to your own life
Questions in this spirit
A term is just an idea until you apply it. Answer one.
From concept to practice
Turn Defense Mechanisms into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.