This is true. I had to stop exhibiting toxic behavior that I had picked up as defensive mechanisms. It was a process. I had to reprogram myself to deal with normal people and normal situations again.

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.” -Carl Jung #Psychology #Selfawareness Quote #Selfknowledge Quote #defense mechanism #knowyourself

You tell yourself that your smoking habit isn’t that bad. You are convinced that a terminally ill loved one will be fine. You lost your job but continue to spend money as you usually would. Denial is the act of ignoring the reality of a situation. Why?

The women who pretend they don't have feelings love the hardest. It's a defense mechanism. #relationshipquotes #womenquotes

It’s a defense mechanism against any predator and parasite. Always with skepticism

Yep this is me -CC

efense mechanisms are our protection when we don't know how to articulate what we're feeling, or when we don't trust another person to articulate what it is they feel. But you know what, too many of us let that be what let's us off the hook. It's our job to make sense of what we're feeling. It's our job to dig into our vulnerability and find ways to articulate what it is we need. Yes, it's way easier to get angry or shut down than it is to share how we've been hurt...but we're not in the…

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