To protect yourself and your loved ones, you need to have a good understanding of what methods of psychological protection are. When a threatening situation occurs in a person's life, he experiences anxiety, tension, anxiety, and at the same time becomes easily injured. To reduce anxiety, psychological defense methods begin to be included.
Instructions
Step 1
One of the main and first types of defense is denial. To protect himself from an unpleasant situation, a person begins to deny reality. “This is a mistake,” “this cannot be,” “this is not me,” and similar phrases indicate that a person is under the influence of denial as a method of defense. At such a moment, in order to protect yourself and your loved ones, you do not need to argue and give weighty evidence. The best thing is to just be there and give the person time to reflect.
Step 2
The next defense mechanism is regression. She has many manifestations - an older child who starts peeing in bed and babbling when the youngest child appears in the house; a child who is bored at home in a summer camp; a married man who goes to his mother. If a loved one chooses such a method of psychological protection, you need to show him your love, prove in words and deeds that he is dear and loved.
Step 3
Rationalization as a defense method is easiest to observe on exam day. To explain their ignorance, they begin to try to explain their behavior with the help of contrived reasonable and persuasive behavior. If a child or family member very often uses rationalization as a way of protection, this can lead to emotional exhaustion and a decrease in adaptability to life situations. It is necessary to teach and learn together with loved ones to take responsibility for their actions and, having made a mistake, draw conclusions about how it would be better to act next time.
Step 4
The most positive defenses are compensation and sublimation. With compensation, a person tries to achieve success in the area in which he considers himself disadvantaged. Such protection provides an additional impetus for development. And sublimation is the transformation of unfulfilled desires, fantasies and unacceptable thoughts into some kind of constructive activity.
