Michael G. Huber
As an Enneatype 4 it didn’t take too long to identify in myself the defense mechanism known as introjection. Stated by a number of Enneagram authors as the primary defense of type 4, introjection is the act of absorption of the feeling environment by the individual. Naranjo has used the metaphor of the baby “introjecting” the mother’s milk at the breast.
Much more of a mystery to me was the mention by Margaret Keyes of the curious defense called “sublimation.” In spite of havin...
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