[quote=lostkitty]partypup needs to head over to http://www.itulip.com and read the article…
“Are You A Doomer?”
Every time I read partypup’s posts I think of that article.
This whole thread finally explains her paranoia. Mass layoff happening in her own company – she must have sensed it coming… No one is ever “safe”. That is why one saves for a rainy day. True that 40% of some people’s savings is now gone in the stock market – true that some others lost 100% with Madoff and the like… but the world will not implode. Goodness abounds. People share – people get creative – people survive.[/quote]
Hello Lostkitty,
This is what I have been thinking from day one.
Note: This is not an indictment, diagnosis or intended to be cruel…and she could be right.
In Freudian psychoanalytic theory, defence mechanisms or defense mechanisms (see -ce/-se) are psychological strategies brought into play by various entities to cope with reality and to maintain self-image. Healthy persons normally use different defences throughout life. An ego defence mechanism becomes pathological only when its persistent use leads to maladaptive behavior such that the physical and/or mental health of the individual is adversely affected. The purpose of the Ego Defence Mechanisms is to protect the mind/self/ego from anxiety, social sanctions or to provide a refuge from a situation with which one cannot currently cope.[1]