Human behavior is result of combined effect of three; ID,
EGO& SUPEREGO
ID is natural
tendency of every human being. This tendency is being selfish (charity begins at hometype) pleasure
oriented and survival oriented.
Superego is universal code of ethics which is governed by
society . e.g. we should not take bribe , we should not lie, this behavior is
good or that behavior is bad.
So whenever there is conflict in ID and superego ,
tension and anxiety arises. So reduce this anxiety our subconscious mind(ego) adopts a midway path to satisfy
both. These compromising paths are called as defense mechanisms. These are
attempts to distort and modify reality according to one’s own comfort.
Sigmund Freud and his daughter Anna Freud (a great names in
field of psychiatry ) defined some 10 defense mechanism which have been now
extended up to 30 approx. Simply we can say in order to deal with conflicts and
problems in our life we (subconscious
mind/ego) adopt defense mechanism.
There are billions of people on earth with billion of
conflicts and anxiety factors , but funny part is that defense mechanism
adopted by all is among these 30s only.
Defense mechanism can be of two types immature and mature.
Immature defense
mechanisms are good for short term reduction of anxiety and are very effective
in this. But in long term they leave us in mess again.
Mature defense mechanisms need to be learned and they demand
labor and practice. They are productive to individual as well as to the society.
Have you ever seen a
group of girls giggling in front of boys.
Due to law of nature opposite sex attract each other. But as
per society it is not desirable for girls to interact with strangers. Conflict
arises. So they regress their behavior which is typical of girls of lower age
group (where things were not complicated)and they start giggling unnecessarily.
So the old saying hassi to fassi was true
partly. This defense mechanism is regression.
A smoker might refuge to accept that he is a addict. He
might even boast of number of days he spent without smoking. This type of
defense mechanism is called as denial. To relieve anxiety of being labeled as smoker, he denies
that he is one.this type of defense mechanism is called denial
Student after exams adopts different defense mechanisms to
relieve anxiety;
Displacement;
students blaming teacher, type of questions,exam pattern or their financial status or their bad luck after a bad performance in exam.
You might have seen some boys kicking dogs or like that
anything after their bad day this is also defense mechanism called as displacement. Even boozing after a bad test is also displacement.
Are you serious type
of response and pushing microphone of a reporter by Robert Vadra in response to
a question is also an example of displacement.
These all are examples of immature defense mechanism
Denial;- even
after result declared , one refuging to
believe that they had bad test.
Now let us see some mature defense mechanisms
Humor;- some student
had a bad test, then he doing mockery of answers given by him. Some got bald after radiotherapy and then he
making humor of it.
Sublimation- divert
feeling of anxiety to other productive work. E.g. exercise.
Have you read I too had a love story by Ravinder singh. It
is an perfect example of sublimation where agony/infatuation is overcome by
writing bestseller.
Compensation- hai andheri raat par diya jalana kab mana hai.
There is always a second way.
Now coming to Arvind Kejariwal, after he won the delhi
constituency assembly he took support from congress . but he was refuging to
take any support from them. At that time
his ego was adopting defense mechanism which is called DENIAL
After some time he started saying that I haven’t taken
support from Congress rather Congress has given him support. This type of
defense is called PROJECTION.
Sometime our ID cannt bear anxiety, conflicts so our ego
adopts a defence which is called somatisation.
In this person exhibit symptoms of a disease e.g. cough, headache,
pharyngitis, generealised bodyaches etc. but despite of extensive investigation
you don’t find organic cause for it. E.g Person may complain of cough but when
doctor examine and investigate him, nothing wrong is found in respiratory ,
Cardiovascular or other systems related with cough. Somatisation is an example
of immature defense mechanism. Some
rather classified it into neurotic type of defense mechanism which is even
worse situation that immature defense mechanism.
Past history in this case is also quiet relevant and will
help us understand psychology of medical system in our country.
As kejariwal is suffering from cough>6 months, hope he
has undergone basic tests such as complete haemogram, chest X ray,ECG, sputum for
AFB or even HRCT chest. According to kuppuswami classification(modified) of
socioeconomic status, he is belonging to upper class.
So he must have certainly consulted some corporate hospital . Keeping in view of his wife being a govt servant
and chances of medical reimbursement they must have made him undergo PCR,
BACTEC, MRI and even Bronchoscopy , all resulting nothing.
They might have treated him with most special antibiotics
and drugs (for govt servant use only
type). Then he might be referred to an OPD whose prefix is more famous as number rather than name of that specialty.
So Arvind g, please learn some mature defense mechanism such
as Altruism, anticipation, ascetism, humour, sublimation and suppression, so
that country could be benefited more with wisdom figure like you.
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