To protect the mind/self/ego from anxiety, social sanctions, or situations that can't be coped with currently.
Those defense mechanisms are designed to protect you from diseases and infections.
Freud believed that defense mechanisms serve a purpose in protecting individuals from anxiety and distress by distorting reality. However, he also recognized that the overuse or reliance on these mechanisms could lead to maladaptive coping strategies and hinder psychological growth. Ultimately, Freud viewed defense mechanisms as a necessary part of the psyche that must be understood and managed effectively.
the ligers are a cross between a lion and a tiger their defense mechanisms are their teeth and their claws
Defense mechanisms are part of the unconscious. Therefore one cannot really control what mechanisms he/she uses.
Pooping on you
A defense mechanism is a coping strategy that protects you from difficult feelings.
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sucking dick
Its talons.
running away of it
Yes, but they tend to be the primitive defense mechanisms; denial, minimization, rationalization and projection. Higher order defense mechanisms, such as humor, altruism, and sublimation, or even defenses such as intellectualization, are not operative, however, in delusional/psychotic states.
The Panama snowcap bird has a few defense mechanisms. It is very tiny and fast, so it can escape predators easily.