This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how we use tactics to manage strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how we use tactics to manage strong feelings: All defense mechanisms are effective but to varying degrees in managing uncomfortable inner…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using humor to manage tough situations” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using humor to manage tough situations: Humor is a mature defense mechanism pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation. Another common example is the ability…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using generosity to manage strong feelings: Altruism is when one’s behaviors and actions are aimed to benefit someone else for that person’s sake rather than for…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by using anticipation to manage challenging feelings and thoughts” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by using anticipation to manage strong feelings and thoughts: The coming posts end the summary of defense mechanisms by going through the mature defense mechanisms…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by identifying your coping strategies for managing strong feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Identify your coping strategies for managing strong feelings and anxiety: The tricky thing with defense mechanisms is that they are difficult to identify. Since they are…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how you cope with strong feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how you cope with strong feelings and anxiety: Defense mechanisms are often called involuntary coping mechanisms. Involuntary means that we all use…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding mature handling of unknown feelings and anxiety” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding mature handling of feelings and anxiety: The last two posts were about using fantasies as a defense mechanism and that they can be…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how fantasies can help you” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how fantasies can help you: Healthy fantasy is also about escaping real problems and uncomfortable situations by diving into literature, TV and Internet. For fantasies…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how fantasies can protect you ” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how fantasies can protect you: Autistic fantasy is an immature defense mechanism where a person deals with emotional conflict and stressors by escaping into…
This post “Increase your self-esteem by understanding how sexualisation can affect you” continues with how you can increase your self-esteem by managing your thoughts and feelings. Increase your self-esteem by understanding how sexualisation can affect you: This defense mechanism sexualisation is about transforming fear, pain or other overwhelming experiences into something connected to erotic arousal. It…