Many people experience experiences throughout their lives that are either auspicious or malevolent. Additionally, people also have desires and drives that are considered socially popular or unacceptable within society. However, it is malicious experiences and unacceptable impulses that sometimes have a greater influence on people that distort reality. This is so because people often want to forget or ignore their unpleasant experiences and predilections. Therefore, in order to protect oneself from the awareness of anxiety or guilt, a public and somewhat unconscious facade is displayed to conceal the inner tension. By perceiving life in a way that is discordant with reality, inner tensions are tamed and everyone can manage life in a way conducive to their adaptation and contentment. The deceptive strategies that people often use to overshadow or hide their conscious, unwanted thoughts or memories in order to feel comfortable are known as defense mechanisms which were first coined by Sigmund Freud. Freud postulated the theory of defense mechanisms because he believed that people distorted reality. in order to protect their ego. For this reason, I agree with Freud's theory of defense mechanisms because I believe that before everything fails and an influx of anxiety occurs, a person will use strategies to alleviate their inner tension, even at the price of living a lie. Defense mechanisms are interesting because they allow us to avoid the anxiety linked to the memory of bad experiences or the recall of personal faults. Essentially, people use defense mechanisms in order to unconsciously live as a different person than they currently are or have been in their past unpleasant experiences. Defense mechanisms also provide relief from self-deprecation whenever it is shameful ... middle of paper ... they get away with injustice. Dexter's life is a contradiction because he works against people who kill, even though he also kills. From the experiences I am aware of, whether from my personal life, television shows or the media, I must say that Freud's extrapolation of the defense mechanism theory is indeed plausible . It is astonishing that people place so much importance on forming an identity, yet at the same time they are unconsciously held back by motivations that are antithetical to their external identity. Reality can be harsh, but we don't all want our lives to be shrouded in contempt. Therefore, we create our own reality and influence the ego so that our perception of reality is ideal. Works Cited Freud, A. (1946). Self and defense mechanisms (CB Baines, Trans.) New York: New York (original work published 1936).