Assertion: defense mechanism | /r/CapableOf | keep ego
Facets:
value: in freud's personality topography
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: In fact, the defense mechanism appropriates the strength of our type and diverts this capacity to keep us safe, or at least to keep our ego intact.
text: In Freud's personality topography, defense mechanisms protect the ego, which is the conscious part of the person that interacts with reality, from conflicts between reality and its constraints, the id, which is the impulsive aspect of one's personality that seeks fulfillment of wants, and the superego, which is the moral part of personality.