Avoiding awareness of pain of reality by negative sensory data is in which of the following defence mechanism
Denial: Involuntary exclusion of unpleasant or painful reality from conscious awareness. Example(s) in Normal life:1. Grief 2. Children (3-6 years) Illustration(s) from Clinical Situations:1. Psychosis 2. Alcohol dependence Ref: A Sho Textbook of Psychiatry, Niraj Ahuja, 7th Edition, pg. no.207 Distoion: Grossly reshaping the experience of the external reality to suit inner needs. Displacement: Unconscious defense mechanism by which the emotional component of an unacceptable idea or object is transfeered to a more acceptable one. Disscoiation: Unconscious defence mechanism involving the segregation of any group pf mental or behavioural processes from the rest of the person's psychic activity.
Distoion
Denial
Displacement
Dissociation
Cognitive development and defence mechanism