Sigmund Freud is known for being the first psychologist who developed the first comprehensive theory of personality. He tries to explain things that are difficult to understand. Freud is still a huge influence on psychology and society today. He was very controversial and some to this day don't agree on what he had to say. Freud believed that one way his patients dealt with experiences was by using defense mechanisms.
One example of defense mechanisms that I can relate to my own life is sublimation. Sublimation for example is taking aggressive impulses and directing them into something else, such as sports. I feel that it is the best way to release your anger. Sometimes I feel one performs better. I know that I do. I go to the gym on a regular basis and one day my girlfriend and I got into a huge fight because she accused me of cheating on her. She got all into my face and was yelling and screaming at me. At this point I was very confused because I did no such thing of cheating on her. But she was relentless and did not give up on being pissed. I don't blame her, but I asked her where she got this information and she told me that Christian told her that he knew for sure I was cheating on her. Now theirs a back up story about me and Christian, but we wont get into that, but let's just say we don't get along.
Now I am here not angered at my girlfriend, because she has all the right to be mad, but she is aggravating me by yelling and cursing at me. But all that is going threw my mind is that I am going to kill Christian for spreading this lie. But instead of finding him, I went to the gym and my adrenaline was just pumping through my veins. I noticed that I was putting up a lot more weight than I usually do. Because usually I just do what my body tells I can do. But instead of taking my aggression out on Christians face, I took it out on the weights. I just imagined that kids face in my mind and it made me so angry that I would not give up on the weight and I would not stop.