Sublimation we have covered by example. It is a high skill and trait in which one properly transforms the passionate instincts, through the emotions, into the conscious, higher brained actions of assertiveness and courage toward specific goals.
It is an amazing feature of us as a defense mechanism. It may be the very essence of the three areas of the mind working in mature and constructive synchrony - being “in the zone as Csikszentmihalyi called it, in “flow” with our entire selves.
A partner who can do this with their stresses is likely to be a partner having most of the other higher brained skills, and is a great joy to have in your life.
GO BACK TO MATURE DEFENSE MECHANISMS.
