Sentences with phrase «unconscious psychological mechanisms»
A refusal on the part of psychiatrists and therapists to validate the horrors of their patients» tortured past implies a refusal to take seriously the unconscious psychological mechanisms that individuals need to use to protect themselves from the unspeakable.
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Compartmentalization is an unconscious psychological defense mechanism used to avoid cognitive dissonance, or the mental discomfort and anxiety caused by a person's having conflicting values, cognitions, emotions, beliefs, etc. within themselves.
Rather it is due to the activation of unconscious psychological attraction mechanisms that recognize a perfect «dancing partner» who makes her heart skip a beat or two.