March 31, 2011
A Figment of Our Existence
Today in my Psychology class, we had a discussion on the Freudian theories on defense mechanisms which turned very complicated very quickly! For those of you asking what defense mechanisms are; there are eight mechanisms formulated by Sigman Freud based on how we deal with our Id and Superego balances which most of you may know better as the "devil and angel on our shoulders". We began to talk about how our personality is affected by these two parts of our thought processes. One of the mechanisms is that of denial which is the process of our minds closing off towards threatening memories, experiences, or even desires. So to prevent the "evil" thoughts, we turn to denial and unconsciously pretend they never existed, according to Freud. If we are able to easily and unconsciously deny existence of a memory or a desire, is it possible that maybe we are able to unconsciously deny our existence all together?
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Interesting point, Kaywin. I'm glad to see such a great fascination you have with your class. I'll be working on trying to deny your existence all together now. Love you ;0
ReplyDeleteThis actually reminds me of a conversation I had concerning the existense of this universe....quite interesting (:
ReplyDeleteHave you figured out if you want to have a certain specialty in your psychology career?
I love your blogs! I always learn something new (:
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