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 | I don’t know why I’m always frustrated with my pet when I get home from work. | |
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| Haven’t you been pretty frustrated at work because of your boss lately? | |
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| Yeah I guess. | |
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| Sounds to me like you’re using a displacement defense mechanism. | |
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| What do you mean? | |
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| In Sigmund Freud’s Psychodynamic model of abnormality the displacement defense mechanism suggests that if you are unable to express your frustrations about what you’re actually upset at, sometimes you displace them onto a safer target. That would explain why you’re upset with your pet even if he hasn’t done anything. You’re frustrated with your boss but can’t do anything about it so your pet is a safer target. | |
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