Reaction formation is a defense mechanism in which people express the opposite of their true feelings, sometimes to an exaggerated extent. For instance, a man who feels insecure about his masculinity ...
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Like all defense mechanisms, reaction formation is a process that protects the person from acknowledging or accepting information that contradicts the person’s definition of who they are. This has ...
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