来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：心理学导论第3集第3集》

And you actually see this in children.

孩子们经常使用这种防御机制
In times of stress and trauma,

在他们感到压力和受伤的时候
they'll become younger,

他们回到更加年幼的阶段
they will act younger.

表现出年幼时的行为
They might cry.

他们可能会哭
They might suck their thumb, seek out a blanket or so on.

吮大拇指或是去寻找毯子之类的
Now, these are all mechanisms that for Freud

弗洛伊德认为所有的机制
are not the slightest bit pathological.

都绝非病态的表现
They are part of normal life.

它们是日常生活的组成部分
Normally, we do these things to keep an equilibrium

一般来说我们会运用这些机制
among the different systems of the unconscious,

去维持无意识系统的平衡
but sometimes it doesn't work.

但有时防御机制也会不起作用