Question

This Defense Mechanism Discussion Forum posting might be rather fun. Invent a fictional pt, pick a defense mechanism to have them illustrate but don’t tell us the name of the mechanism. (Make it obvious.) Write a short scenario showing the patient using the defense mechanism.

Make up a patient and write a scenario where the patient is using a defense mechanism.

Answer 1

Patients showing defence mechanism

Scenario

A patient 60 old male patient has been suffering from prostate cancer and need a surgery quickly

He was running and calling all the people whom he know for some money for the surgery

All of them whom he called did not agree to provide money for him

Then suddenly the nurse enters the room and ask him whether he has breakfast and his morning mediation.

The patient suddenly bursted out and shouted and yelled at the nurse that ' I will have it whenever I want'

This is a scenario of using defence mechanism and the defence mechanism used is displacement of his anger of not getting money to the nurse