PUBLISHED BY: corner Psychology |
| Posted: February 28, 2011 2:18 a.m. PT  Sometimes dealing with everyday life can be stressful and even some realities can overwhelm our psychological resources conscious level. In these situations (Which we are particularly threatening to our self) put into play defense mechanisms in order to maintain our mental balance and avoid any disturbance. The defense mechanisms are varied, including I venture to say that one of the most popular is the rationalization. The rationalization is but a form of denial that allows us to avoid conflict and frustration that it generates. How do we do this? We simply provide reasons (apparently logical) to justify or cover up mistakes or setbacks. By rationalizing the person tries to defend the frustrating effect is to convince himself that, at bottom, did not want what has failed. A classic example in literature of rationalization is the fox that after several jumps can not reach the grapes and exclaimed: "Oh, they're green!". Or perhaps the young man who goes to a party and claims that do not dance because you sweat but do not really know how to dance and feared ridicule. It pointed out that in many cases the arguments that people show themselves are real. For example, in previous cases the grapes were actually green and people dancing sudan but in essence, these are not the real reasons why we fail to exhibit the goal or not a particular behavior. As the arguments that we offer are perfectly rational, they manage to convince us and so we must acknowledge our inability to achieve a specific objective. Rationalization is a mechanism that goes through twists and turns that are far from our consciousness, that is, the person is not consciously self-deception. When the therapist or someone else puts them face reality, in many cases it is often denied. A denial that is more or less intense and lasting time as reality is perceived as more or less threatening to the self. Streamlining works on a mechanism of dissociation where the person determines an ideal distance between "good" and "bad" in order to eliminate a source of insecurity, threat or emotional stress. In this way, the person adapts to the environment but can not really solve their conflicts and not facing reality and its true causes. An important dimension as a defense mechanism referred to is that they not only displayed as signs of a neurotic personality (according to the Freudian understanding) but may also evident in the "normal" people. In other words, all we can implement a defense that another mechanism without necessarily our behavior to be considered pathological. What really makes a defense mechanism is a sign of disorder is the rigidity with which it manifests and prolonged extension time. Of course, even though the rationalization is one of the most common defense mechanisms, this does not mean they do not restrict our self and our potential and it is important to learn to distinguish between reasoning and rationalization. The first major step away from the rationalization is to recognize that humans are not perfect so any error or ignorance only indicates that we must work even harder. And to top I leave a graphic joke:  |
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