psychoanalysis: sublimation

The individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by channeling potentially maladaptive feelings or impulses into socially acceptable behavior (e.g., contact sports to channel angry impulses).

• Whatever Works Larry David, Evan Rachel Wood, Patricia Clarkson, and Conleth Hill 2009

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