Sentences with phrase «defenses against that pain»

He strongly desires to work with couples in conflict who have lost the sense of «US» as they have built defenses against pain in their relationship.

The client has developed significant symptoms and defenses against that pain, most often because s / he was alone in facing it.

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A hangover period following a binge may present a «little bottom» — i.e., a state of emotional receptivity during which the alcoholic's defenses against recognizing his need for help are temporarily cracked by the physical and emotional pain of the experience.

[pagebreak] Seek out support While it can take time to build emotional defenses against hurtful comments, Ross recommends finding support to help lessen the pain.

But because this agenda is unconscious, and because we are carrying around the character defenses we've built up all our lives to protect ourselves against further pain, our wounds are reopened by our Imago partners because they are similar to our parents, and we react in the same old childish ways.

Reliance on defenses against psychological pain that result in externalizing unwanted or unacceptable feelings, ideas, attitudes, and responsibility for misfortunes so that more painful internal conflict is transformed into less painful interpersonal conflict.