There are two types of defense mechanism that I over use. They are Displacement and Suppression. Displacement simply means to take frustration out on something and Suppression is to put a memory away to deal with it later. I can see that I use those two because I do exactly what the meaning says. A clear example of displacement is when I have a work due for some day and I am taking my time and patience to do it and suddenly the work gets harder and I can’t handle it so I feel very frustrated and get vex with everybody, even though they haven’t done anything to me and I go to the extreme that I crush my paper. Another example of displacement is when I am eating and my parents are pint pointing fingers on me I really get vex that I take out my frustration by eating a lot, lot of pepper and even going out and broking bottles in the street. Suppression can be seen because when I am doing something important and others told me what happens I just put it on one side and continue what I’m doing. One clear example of suppression was when my girlfriend sends me a text message and it says that people are telling her that I was with someone else and that time I was doing my English (EN209) exam. The first thing I did was to turn off my phone and then I concentrated on my exam. After I finished the exam, I turn on the phone and called her. So that’s basically the two types of defense mechanism I over use. How can I improve my defense mechanism? Well for displacement I will try very hard to be very patient and if something gets out of hand I will be very calm and instead of getting frustrated and taking it out on something else, I’ll sleep and relax. Well for suppression I can’t really improve it, only that I don’t messages too serious and discuss it later so not to cause problems.

Also there are two types of neurotic needs that I also over use. They are Personal Achievement and Self-Sufficiency & Independence. Personal achievement is when someone pushes to achieve higher goals, and fear failure and is never satisfied. I can be classified in this need because the first thing, I fear failure; and I always look to achieve higher goals. An example would be when I started sixth form in CJC. The first semester I got a G.P.A. of 2.21, and I was not satisfied so I set my goals to get a higher grade and for the second semester I got 2.61 but I wanted more so I said that my goal is to go higher and for my third semester I got 2.98 so this shows that I am a person that wants to achieve higher goals and the I can improve this need would to be more secure about myself and not to over study because it could hurt my brain. Self-sufficiency & independence are persons that don’t want to be dependent on others. I categorize myself in that category or need because I am a person that never depends on others to do my things. I do all my best to manage and finish a pending assignment or something else. An example of this could be when I was doing my project with some members. This project was for a science fair in Muffles College and I did all my best to do the posters, finish the booklet and find the materials. I wasn’t depending on any group member. Up to now in sixth form I still don’t depend on others. In my EN209 class my group got a topic to do and Friday came and nothing was discussed. When I reached home I started to do the work and I finished. Monday when I reach the members are asking me what are we going to do and I said present. That clearly shows that I don’t depend, I do my own work. How can I improve this need? Well I can’t basically do much only that I don’t get frustrated and vex with a lot of work, also that I cope with my assignments.