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the defense mechanism of “Undoing”
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6-30-2008 3:15 PM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/104fd90d-fdcf-4d74-ac95-1a7b13221414/E2C22034-39BE-4154-A0BD-E1CB40B0DDD3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/" href="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.ponderabout.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.ponderabout.com/img/4F937722-E519-4878-A6C3-9AB62C7C85C6" alt="h" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P><STRONG>Defense Mechanisms</STRONG> are psychological processes that protect the conscious mind from threatening impulses, thoughts and feelings</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P>they do so by denying or distorting reality, and they are largely unconscious</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P>defense mechanisms are normal and, if used in moderation, they can be helpful -</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P>helpful in that they can give us time to recognize our discomfort, identify its source and find ways to consciously deal with it</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P>however, the extensive and prolonged use of defense mechanisms can be problematic in that underlying difficulties remain, energy is wasted and stress builds</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.ponderabout.com/archives/1535/the-defense-mechanism-of-undoing/"><P><A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud" linkindex="2">Sigmund Freud</A> first used “defense” as a psycho- analytic term in 1894; and it was his daughter, <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Freud" linkindex="3">Anna Freud</A>, who refined and expanded his theories in the 1930s</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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