What's Your Defense Mechanism?

[Chief Lover_of_Animals]

Your Defense Mechanism is Humor



When life gets you down, you just have to laugh. And that's a very healthy reaction.
It's not that you don't take your problems seriously. You do. You just don't let them control you.

You are able to make the best of things, even when things look very, very bleak.
Some people may consider your sense of humor to be dark, but it has served you well!

What's Your Defense Mechanism?
Sounds good to me.....just not sure if it's fitting....  

[Minerva the Bookwyrm]

I got humour too and I don't think that it suits me either.  

[Mistress_of_Kitty_Cats]

Your Defense Mechanism is Humor



When life gets you down, you just have to laugh. And that's a very healthy reaction.
It's not that you don't take your problems seriously. You do. You just don't let them control you.

You are able to make the best of things, even when things look very, very bleak.
Some people may consider your sense of humor to be dark, but it has served you well!

I thought mine would be vilince. sweatdrop I hava a sick mind I'm told.  

[xx-book_angel-xx]

Your Defense Mechanism is Humor



When life gets you down, you just have to laugh. And that's a very healthy reaction.
It's not that you don't take your problems seriously. You do. You just don't let them control you.

You are able to make the best of things, even when things look very, very bleak.
Some people may consider your sense of humor to be dark, but it has served you well!

What's Your Defense Mechanism?
fitting.  

[pakki]

Your Defense Mechanism is Sublimation



Compared to most people, you handle your problems very well.
You're good at channeling negative energy into positive energy. You know how to change your perspective.

You turn bad events into opportunities. You find strength in dealing with your problems.
You are inspired and productive. Some may describe you as a "tortured genius" - but you're not that tortured.

What's Your Defense Mechanism?  

[Chief_Blackfoot]

OMG!!!!!!!! UMMMMMM ok then

Your Defense Mechanism is Regression


Problems? What problems? You are pretty good at avoiding what's wrong in your life.
Whenever you're feeling down, you just blow off steam.

You may be irresponsible and immature, but at least you don't let yourself get stressed out.
Everyone needs to be a little naughty every now and then!

What's Your Defense Mechanism?  

[Alutian]

How long it's been since anybody posted in this guild...is anyone still hanging about, I wonder?

Oh well.

My "official" result: Isolation

When life gets to be too much to handle, you just withdraw. You rather not deal with things.
You tend to be a very isolated person. You want to connect to others, but you don't know where to start.

The problem with withdrawing from the world is that it's hard to reintegrate yourself when you're ready.
Instead of pulling back when you have problems, it would be better for you to reach out.

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My thoughts: not a single question had an answer I found accurate or acceptable for myself. I've never been let go from a job, nor have I ever broken up (never had a boyfriend to break up with), fallen for someone 'forbidden' (or at all), been insulted by a friend of a friend, and while I may have had horrible haircuts in the past I don't recall enough to care. The only hypothetical answers I could come up with weren't in the options provided.

The good side of this is that it sort of revealed my own coping mechanism to me without the quiz compiling results. I'm actually writing this bit before I pick the closest answers I can and hit submit.

Looking at what my thoughts have been for these questions, I believe my coping mechanism boils down to a kind of intentional apathy. I have a personal or emotional problem, so I then reduce that problem in my mind to insignificance. I teach myself not to care. Lose a job? Guess I'll have to get a new one; might be upset for a while, theoretically, but might as well go with the flow for a bit. Crush on someone? Ignore it. It fades easily. Break-up? Oh well. Dunno why I bothered in the first place, really. Bad haircut? Who cares? It grows back. Intentional insult? What insult? I didn't hear any insult. What are you talking about?

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Final thoughts: I suppose Isolation is close enough to the truth despite the answers being technically inaccurate. I like Apathy better, because I don't exactly pull back and hole myself up. I'm an introvert, yes, but these situations wouldn't make me a recluse, even temporarily. I'll still be out there, just selectively emotionally removed.

I'm done here.