مريض بعد حادث سيارة يتصرف كأن شيئاً لم يحدث، ويرفض الحديث عن إصابة صديقه. ما الحيلة الدفاعية؟

After a car crash a man acts as if nothing happened and refuses to talk about his friend’s injury. Which defence mechanism is this?

1. Denial
2. Rationalisation
3. Projection
4. Sublimation

Answer: A) Denial. Denial is refusing to acknowledge a painful reality; projection attributes one’s feelings to others, sublimation channels drives into acceptable activity, and rationalisation offers acceptable excuses.