Sentences with phrase «as defense mechanisms»

For example, Helm Stierlin (1979) stated that «family myth plays the same role in relations as defense mechanisms do in individuals» (p. 160), simultaneously protecting the family.

Do not smile at people as a defense mechanism to cover up your discomfort or to seem pleasing.

So rather than learning from our mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched in our position as a defense mechanism.

Purchasing exact match domains as a defense mechanism — Many «brands» undergo the practice of pursuing and grabbing attractive exact match domains as defense mechanisms for their rankings.

Circular religious logic will still never fully justify the fact that religion asks for special rights and protections, which it gets, and then turns those rights and protections on other groups as a defense mechanism for when they are accused of discriminating... i.e. «We can choose who we accept and who we don't because of our beliefs... wait, what... how can you say you will not accept our religious organization, that's religious discrimination!»

As a defense mechanism, we tend to elevate our own lifestyles as God's will for all women everywhere.

It opened up my mind again, which had locked itself in as a defense mechanism against a predictably cruel world, to appreciate, embrace and praise the Mystery.

Unfortunately, cholesterol is found at the scene of the crime «clogging» the arteries, when it was actually used by our bodies as a defense mechanism against damage.

I tried to think of him as Alice's baby and not mine as a defense mechanism so that when I went home empty handed maybe it would not hurt so much.

«I always resisted the idea of running for office, almost as a defense mechanism,» he said.

Scientists believe that plants produce the caffeine molecule as a defense mechanism to prevent organisms such as fruit flies from eating them.

She adds, however, that although there is good evidence that countershading acts as a defense mechanism, there will always be some uncertainty about interpreting countershading in dinosaurs, because we can't present a model Psittacosaurus to their natural predators to see which type of pattern provides the best protection.

Each tentacle is covered with stinging cells (cnidocytes) that can stun or kill other animals: most jellyfish use them to secure prey or as a defense mechanism.

The researchers believe that whilst being advantageous as a defense mechanism in temperate climates, such an increase will be a potential disadvantage in the arid climate of central Australia.

One type is used as a defense mechanism, in which threatened ostracods emit a cloud of bioluminescence to distract predators.

Similarly, scientists have long assumed that bitter taste evolved as a defense mechanism to detect potentially harmful toxins commonly found in plants.

And could I still be funny without using my sarcasm as a defense mechanism?

Potatoes naturally produce solanine and chaconine, a related glycoalkaloid, as a defense mechanism against insects, disease and predators (humans included).

HGH gets released as a defense mechanism against physiological stressors.

It's a lot less sexy to be evasive and kind of bro - y as a defense mechanism.

I like to use humor as a defense mechanism for addressing the real issue at hand: my insecurity.

And yet, Williams also projects the sense of a character wielding this no - nonsense persona as a defense mechanism, using a welter of brutal honesty to shield her vulnerabilities.

Hurt people are fearful that they're going to be hurt again, so as a defense mechanism, they hurt other people in order to keep themselves walled off.

So when that trader experience a series of losing trades, fear builds up as a defense mechanism rather than confidence.

While there are no studies that show that declawed cats increasingly use biting as a defense mechanism, the great majority of behavior specialists agree to say that an animal that loses one of his usual defense mechanisms will inevitably turn to those he has left when in need.

They use this as a defense mechanism and will expand their throat whenever they feel threatened.

Since their primary defense is gone, declawed cats may turn to biting as a defense mechanism.

The Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa) is a large roach famous for hissing as a defense mechanism.

As a defense mechanism, the rabbit's body will produce a thick fibrinous capsule around the abscess, which needs to be surgically removed, not simply drained.

Used to evade predators and act as a defense mechanism, it produces light when disturbed, giving out a quick flash of light to surprise the predator.

When molested it, like the octopus, gives off a cloud of purple ink as a defense mechanism.

A bioluminescent bay is an ideal habitat for the flourishing of small dinoflagellate plankton, most of which emit a bluish light as a defense mechanism when agitated.

What weakens the trees against the beetles is that without sufficient water, trees can't produce enough sticky resin that acts as a defense mechanism.

Additionally, resilience may be viewed as a defense mechanism that enables people to thrive in the face of adversity [17].

Mortality salience has the potential to cause worldview defense, a psychological mechanism that strengthens people's connection with their in - group as a defense mechanism.

My therapist says that I «check out» as a defense mechanism — that I numb myself by disassociating from the trauma.

Self - esteem could thus be said to serve as a defense mechanism that promotes well - being by protecting internal balance.

One of the leading figures in personality disorder dynamics, Otto Kernberg (1977), links the characteristic of splitting to the capacity for denial as a defense mechanism,

This is often done as a defense mechanism by the alienating parent as a way to curry favor with the children in an effort to further justify their alienation, but the truth is that these types of discussions and providing this type of information to children can be very destructive emotionally and psychologically.

** Dissociative Disorder is characterized by a breakdown in memory, awareness, identity, or perception that can sometimes develop as a defense mechanism for dealing with trauma.

This is one of my personal favorites; it's something we say as a defense mechanism so that we don't feel bad about not using something that could make us more efficient.

Not exact matches

As a social media spectator, I'll admit, I loved seeing Twitter's reaction to Piers Morgan's childish defense mechanism and blustering.

While there is no such thing as a 100 % foolproof strategy to protect you against fraud (although divvying your portfolio up into 30 - 40 stocks worth 2.5 % to 3.33 % of your overall wealth seems like a damn good defense mechanism), putting most of your money into stocks with records of growing dividends seems like an intelligent way to guard against corporate fraud, particularly if you have limited familiarity with reading 10 - Ks, annual reports, and other financial statements.

This is now exploited as a joke - which is defense mechanism in full force.

And so even though a defense of «poets» runs right through Simon and Garfunkel's lyrical oeuvre, in «I Am a Rock,» it looks as if this fellow's love of poetry can be reduced to a mere defense mechanism.

I view the belief in god now as some sort of «veil of ignorance» — not stupidity but some sort of mechanism, defense, shield that keeps the fantasy alive inside and keeps reality at bay on the outside.

Most important to me was Freud — not his diagnosis of religious belief as an infantile longing but his list of defense mechanisms (sublimation, projection, reaction formation among them).

These symptoms are described by psychologists as the root of the disorientation many people face today in their lives, although people manage to cover over and obscure them as a part of their elaborate defense mechanisms.

It is a defense mechanism (often an escape mechanism) and does - not embrace and guide the life as a whole.

When it comes to my relationship with God and with other Christians, I'm as quick as anyone else to try and protect myself from honest dialog by hiding behind flowery, unhelpful language (or, my favorite defense mechanism: to intellectualize everything so that it can't hurt me).