unconscious process

uttering speech while asleep

(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state

(psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious