Defense mechanisms//walls?

Question

Its subconscious, a self-defense mechanism right? What does it do? Is there any way that we can identify it if it is a problem?

Answer 1

In psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms are unconscious resources used by the ego to reduce conflict between the id and superego and thereby anxiety. For that reason they are more accurately referred to as ego defence mechanisms. They can thus be categorized as occurring due to the following scenarios:

When the id impulses are in conflict with each other;
When the id impulses conflict with superego values and beliefs;
When an external threat is posed to the ego.
The term "defence mechanism" is often thought to refer to a definitive singular term for personality traits which arise due to loss or traumatic experiences, but more accurately refers to several types of reactions.
Defence mechanisms are helpful and, if used in a proper manner, are healthy. However, if misused, the defence mechanisms may also be unhealthy. Some disorders, such as personality disorders and psychosis, may in fact be caused in part by inadequate use of appropriate defence mechanisms. The maladaptive use of defence mechanisms can occur in a variety of cases, such as when they become automatic and prevent individuals from realizing their true feelings and thoughts or when they put the person in actual danger. For example, someone who is in denial about the possibility that a new sexual partner could carry an STD may not take appropriate precautions to protect their own sexual health.

Defence mechanisms can also be maladaptive when they are continually used in a way that disrupts reality-testing. Repeated denial and paranoid projection use can cause people to lose touch with the real world and their surroundings and consequently isolate themselves from it and dwell in a ‘created’ world of their own design. For example, people with addictive behaviour are known to misuse such defence mechanisms as denial. Defence mechanisms can also be harmful if:

There are too few defences which can be employed in coping with threats;
There is too much superego activity, which causes the use of too many defences.

Answer 2

Ancient Hindu Upanishads say that Ahamkaara center located at the base of the spine is the
seat of unconscious mind connected with
self-defence mechanism:

"This center is connected with self-protection (or
self-defence) mechanism and survival of the body.
It has the inherent capacity to restrain
annihilation and preserve the self identity. It is
like a very large fly-wheel rotating at a slow
speed. If you throw a small stone on it, it will
absorb the small momentum of change imposed by the
stone, and continues its rotation as if it is
almost unaffected. In man, this mechanism is more
developed than that of the chicks. This center
controls the Fight-or-Flight mechanism. Let us
consider a case that a man is walking through a
forest at dawn. Some thing has fallen down from a
nearby tree. Survival of the body is more
important to this center than display of valour.
It decides whether it is possible to fight or
should the person take to his feet to save
himself. The decision to be taken should be a
split-second type because survival of the very
self involved."

http://profvsprasad.blog.com/

Ancient Indians practiced Yoga to improve
the performance of this center.

Answer 3

i guess u should see a therapist for that