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Defence Mechanisms of Personality are <\/span>Unconscious psychological\u00a0 techniques employed by a person to shield themselves from worry brought on by undesirable thoughts or feelings. They are unconscious psychological processes that serve to shield a person from thoughts and feelings that could cause anxiety because of internal conflicts and environmental pressures.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Defence mechanisms are non-rational strategies designed to defend the ego, a <\/span>person may resort to,<\/span> if none of the rational techniques works<\/span>. <\/span>Although they may vary in their specifics as described by other researchers including Freud\u2019s daughter Anna who also looked at the other defence mechanisms used by the ego<\/a>, Freud believed that they always allow a person to function properly. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He described his findings on defence mechanisms using the terms below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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