In order to cope with the world around us, human beings are equipped with a particular set of psychological defenses—known more formally as defense mechanisms—which help us navigate the world while ...

Projection can undermine your sense of self. Source: Vitaly Gariev/Unsplash Lately, your partner has been coming home several hours late from work and doesn’t answer your text or call. You notice they ...

Why we take our feelings out on the wrong people Reviewed by David Susman, PhD Displacement is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person redirects a negative emotion from its original source ...