psychological defenses
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Unconscious psychological defenses, too, can contribute to our altered sense of time.
From Salon • Jan. 3, 2022
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said last month that he wants to reestablish a body, shuttered in 2008, that would work to boost psychological defenses.
From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2018
In fact, scare tactics can backfire by making people put up their psychological defenses against the threatening information, rather than against the threat itself.
From The Verge • Jul. 11, 2017
But as with many psychological defenses, these sorts of evasions are very damaging to long-term health.
From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2016
Psychoanalytic theory explains that we all need psychological defenses to persist in a threatening world.
From New York Times • May 21, 2011
