Acting Out: An Interesting Defense Mechanism

  Although you like to think that you’re a totally rational and conscious being and that, when you act, you do it out of the true will to do so, in reality, this isn’t the case. In fact, often, your actions express mental content that you can’t or don’t want to see and manage. Although it’s a natural occurrence, it’s interesting to learn about the kinds of defense mechanisms that prompt this kind of behavior. Here, we’re going to talk about one such mechanism: acting out. First of all, we must explain that defense mechanisms are unconscious psychological strategies that you…