Psychodynamic pt3

• what is fixation?


  Unresolved psychological conflict leads to an individual becoming "stuck" or fixated- carrying behaviours from that stage throughout their life.
• defences mechanisms are...


  when anxiety becomes too great due to a traumatic situation, the ego uses defences mechanisms to protect itself- we distort reality.
• what is denial?


  refusing to believe or even perceive painful realities
• what is repression?


  thought and memories related to the trauma are pushed down into the unconscious mind where they cannot be accessed.
• what is displacement?


  redirecting unpleasant thoughts and feelings onto a "safe" object or individual.