Archive for Defense Mechanisms

Here's to the intellectualizers. You know who you are. It's okay. I'm one, too. We're the overthinkers, the naval gazers,…

Grief is complex. I think we all can agree on this. Grief twists, turns, changes, and evolves. A number of…

Defense mechanisms refer to behaviors used to protect oneself from unpleasant thoughts and emotions like guilt, anger, shame, and jealousy. Some…

Among the kinds of coping you expect to see from a griever, the reaction that seems to surprise people the…