psychological defenses

Every January since 2014, the Veganuary campaign – which encourages people to eat a plant-based diet in January – has attempted to break down these psychological defenses with pictures of cute piglets, fluffy chicks and an invitation to give the challenge a go.

Donald Trump has always relied on primitive psychological defenses, including denial of reality, as in his long history of inventing "alternative facts" and fake news.

When viewers laugh, cry, fall in love or simply become entranced by an actor of Hurt’s gifts, it’s because he’s been able to do whatever was necessary to strip away his psychological defenses, access his most vulnerable emotional interior, dredge up the multitudes he contains.

Unconscious psychological defenses, too, can contribute to our altered sense of time.

Ms. Tunney, who has worked with the mentally ill, specializing in anger management, noted that as the years advance, our psychological defenses erode.