Immature defense mechanisms
Acting Out
→ Acting out unconscious desires without becoming aware of them
→ Ex – Person steals an item from shop without any prior planning
→ Forms the basis of IMPULSE Control Disorders
Passive Aggressive Behavior
→ Indirectly expressing the anger towards others
→ Ex – Child Trips and drops the glass of water if he is forced to bring a glass of water for his father
Regression
→ Attempt to return to an earlier phase of development to avoid the tensions and conflict of current stage
→ Extremely stressed about exam, a student’s starts watching cartoons or playing cricket with small children
→ Involved in development of Neurosis
Projecting Identification
→ Intolerable aspects of self are projected on to another person and other person inducted to play the part
→ Wife is aggressive, projects aggression on husband. Now he behaves aggressively and she is recipient
→ Projective identification is seen in patients with borderline personality disorder
