“A defense mechanism operates unconsciously to resolve emotional conflict, and to reduce anxiety by refusing to perceive the more unpleasant aspects of external reality."
No, this essay will not be about those rappers who exchange cruel and disturbing comments about “your mama” without losing a beat, rhythm or temper. It will neither be about “controversias jíbaras” improvised by island troubadours using the “décima” form to challenge the other, to sing about love or genius or his claim to be a truly Puerto Rican mountain person. It will be about people who are so attached to someone else, unable to take criticism of the other: a friend, political, literary figure, wife, husband, lover. It will not present cases as such because the subjects are so defensive, they cannot take criticism at all. Not true, some of the cases appear on this blog, including me as a subject using the third person singular.
No, this essay will not be about those rappers who exchange cruel and disturbing comments about “your mama” without losing a beat, rhythm or temper. It will neither be about “controversias jíbaras” improvised by island troubadours using the “décima” form to challenge the other, to sing about love or genius or his claim to be a truly Puerto Rican mountain person. It will be about people who are so attached to someone else, unable to take criticism of the other: a friend, political, literary figure, wife, husband, lover. It will not present cases as such because the subjects are so defensive, they cannot take criticism at all. Not true, some of the cases appear on this blog, including me as a subject using the third person singular.
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