Displacement
In the field of psychology, displacement denotes an
emotion that is directed to somebody else.
It is a type of defense mechanism, where the ego feels threatened and as
a defense, displaces the object of the said action from A to B.
More commonly, the emotion is anger. The person, for one reason or another, cannot
expressed the anger for subject A, and since emotions needs expression, such
anger was finally directed to subject B.
Now, there is a variety of emotions. It could be joy, fear, disgust, desire and
sorrow (there are many more emotions, but for the sake of simplicity, we are
just limiting ourselves in the enumerated emotions). Displacement is a close relative of
compensation theory. This happens when a
person makes up for something that is perceived to be lacking. Grandparents tend to spoil their
grandchildren to make up for the perceived shortcomings that they committed (or
did not commit) with their children.
Desire is also an unexplored topic in displacement. Men turned on by other women turn their
desires to their better half.
Indirectly, a desire for other women led to a happy sexual life for
married women. The sexual stimulation for men needs an outlet, and usually, the
nearest and the most convenient outlet is the wife (and/or girlfriend).
May 8, 2019
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