Hey friends, I was published on Thought Catalog! It’s a post called 9 Tricky Defense Mechanisms That Are Ruining The Communication In Your Relationship. It covers defensive tactics like rationalizing, deflecting, blame-shifting, gaslighting, and other easy-to-spot moves. The original post is here: https://jsparkblog.com/2017/03/13/9-tricky-self-deceptive-defense-mechanisms-that-completely-undermine-dialogue/ Here’s an excerpt, the one I’m most guilty of: 6) Value Judgment / Moralizing. […]

via “9 Tricky Defense Mechanisms That Are Ruining The Communication In Your Relationship” — J.S. Park