http://www.jenniferdefrancisco.com Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:47:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.jenniferdefrancisco.com/defense-mechanisms/defense-mechanism-of-the-week-repression/#comment-398 A Psychodynamic Understanding of Alcoholism: Part I - Jennifer De Francisco Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:47:41 +0000 http://www.jenniferdefrancisco.com/?p=503#comment-398 [...] •Denial: Denial is considered the most primitive of all of the defenses. The addict actually believes his or her distortions are essentially correct and that it is the rest of the world that is experiencing the faulty perception, especially regarding their drinking or destructive behaviors. Sometimes direct assertions are needed to break through this defense, as facts do not seem to affect the alcoholic’s psychic structures. [...] [...] •Denial: Denial is considered the most primitive of all of the defenses. The addict actually believes his or her distortions are essentially correct and that it is the rest of the world that is experiencing the faulty perception, especially regarding their drinking or destructive behaviors. Sometimes direct assertions are needed to break through this defense, as facts do not seem to affect the alcoholic’s psychic structures. [...]

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