Stop Protecting Your Ego
Understanding and Overcoming Ego Defense Mechanisms in Relationships
What Does It Mean to Protect Your Ego?
Protecting your ego involves engaging in behaviors and thought patterns designed to maintain a positive self-image and avoid feelings of vulnerability, failure, or inadequacy. In relationships, this often manifests as defensiveness, an unwillingness to admit fault, and prioritizing being right over fostering underst…
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