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jaxx
Meanwhile, I thought everything was wrong so I went with another Mature defense mechanism.
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happyhib_
What if, just what if. Her taking time to do lessions was actually hurting her children by her having less time to spend with them and in turn not providing good care for them. (less of a mature defense mech now).
Trust me I agree completely just not best answer, but given what we are given you could argue beyond that; amboss even says "a mom showing her feelings of anger towards the child instead of the actual problem, the husband". So in a way she is not addressing her actual problem (which she COULD address).
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madamestep
I like to think of Sublimation as Regina George at the end of Mean Girls thriving at field hockey.
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Yeah, and the First Aid example of Suppression is:
- "Teenager’s aggressive urges toward his parents’ high expectations are channeled into excelling in sports."
which is essentially this exact situation
This question is WACK yo
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djeffs1
Not if you're sexist and think its inappropriate for women to participate in kickboxing...
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kani
your answer made me laugh so much.
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diffuseaxonalinjury
I ended up choosing displacement bc sublimation wasn't there + in the beginning of the question, it said "she's angry at her family for not helping her" so my thought was she's displacing her anger about her child's illness on her family (a neutral 3rd party). wack question regardless.
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submitted by ∗kernicterusthefrog(139)
"she feels happier and more relaxed" after starting kickboxing: this is a MATURE defense mechanism (classic textbook sublimation, as has been said). This question is just plain wrong. It's not displacement, because it's a healthy, socially acceptable outlet that improves her emotional state; punching bags are meant to be punched (thus it is actually NOT neutral). Displacement to an object would be punching a hole in her wall, or breaking her vase (I just like that imagery). Both of those would be better than punching her family, or breaking their car window, which is why it's displacement (unconscious redirection of an emotion to a safer object). However, kickboxing is LITERALLY an example in several psych textbooks for sublimation. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.