Defense Mechanisms

How We Manage Anxiety (and Get Stuck)

Alina Mueller
11 min readJan 9

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A Case For Defense Mechanisms

Defense Mechanisms are our inbuilt anxiety management system.

Denial, projection, repression, intellectualization, shield us from anxiety and protect our self-esteem.

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Alina Mueller

German Psychologist & Psychodynamic Psychotherapist in Training | 30 Free Journal Prompts + Journal Guide at 👉 https://alinamueller.com/freebie-journaling