The young wife, after a bitter conflict with her husband, gives up her marriage as a failure and returns to the home of her pare
nts. She again takes on the role of the dependent child who expects unlimited love and indulgence. A. Repression B. Projection C. RegressionD. Displacement
Regression is a defense mechanism that is used to defend themselves from anxiety, depression, etc. This defense mechanism was developed by Anna Freud.
In this mechanism, the ego revert to the earlier stage of the defense mechanism. This mechanism works with the retreat and enabling a person psychologically to the time in their early period when the person feels safer.
For instance, a child starts to suck their thumb again and to wet the bed again when he needs to spend time in the hospital.
