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A lot of defense mechanisms involve taking a desire and turning it.
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Now, what displacement does is it takes it from you to her.
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Like I'm angry at you
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but maybe that's forbidden for some reason,
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so I'll be angry at her.
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What projection does is takes a desire from me
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and then puts it on somebody else heading outwards.
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And what sublimation does is it just gives up the details
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and keeps the energy.
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So, you stay up--Your roommate stays up all night working
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and you say to your roommate, for instance,
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"That's just because you haven't had sex in a long time