We have covered this one as an example, which involves automatically changing unconscious instincts or impulses that are consciously thought to be in violation of or unacceptable to our higher brained, moral codes (Freud’s Superego) into their opposites.
This unconscious social habit is interesting as a tool for “reading” and decoding others. It has been said that “the unconscious only thinks in positives, not negatives.” This is one of the [Read more...] about Reaction Formation