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Tan explains Freud's concept of "defense mechanisms" as something "to deal with the pain of anxiety by distorting or even denying reality." He also says that defense mechanisms work in a person's heart unconsciously- in other words automatically with limited conscious awareness. Let's imagine that the anxiousness a person is experiencing is the result of a conviction of some sinful behavior or thought pattern in their life. Tan describes 10 defense mechanisms. I want you to pick three from the 10 and explain how a person might defend against conviction of sin using a defense mechanism.

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