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parents nationwide. Welcome to the mom room podcast. My name is Renee Rina and I am definitely the mom friend

you have always wanted. All right, welcome to defense mechanisms 102. Many of you were very

interested by defense mechanisms 101. And I told you, it is really interesting.

And so many people have been messaging me like, oh my God, I do this one all the time. I didn't know what that was.

Oh my God. You know? And I'm like, I told you. We all do these things, but it's so interesting. I say interesting a lot,

but that's what it is. These things are unconscious and like we don't really recognize it when we do

it, but once someone explains it to you and why it might happen and what it looks like,

then you start to notice it in yourself and other people. So I was following the hierarchy of defense

mechanisms. I started from the top for defense mechanisms 101. So I started with all the healthier adaptive defenses,

things like humor and affiliation and altruistic behavior. And so I made my way down,

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