The Ego Defenses, also called, "Defense Mechanisms," are well-known to psychoanalysts who help clients along toward ever more mature behavior, but for purposes of Romantic Dynamics, we can envision them as universal and largely unconscious, automatic social habits of behavior, and which are useful, adaptable behaviors that suit one's age and developmental level in most cases.
Where things go wrong is when someone is stunted in their psychological growth, or [Read more...] about Defense Mechanisms