Your Roommate Throws Open the Door to the Apartment and Slings

question 5

Essay

Your roommate throws open the door to the apartment and slings his backpack across the room. You can hear him in the kitchen, slamming cabinet doors and yelling about a moron driver who dangerously tailgated him on the way home-"Why should I get in the slow lane just because he wanted to speed?" Meanwhile, you curl up on your bed and pull up your soft, comforting blanket. You turn on cartoons and decide that a nap sounds like a fine idea. Although you should work on a research paper, you tell yourself that you're no good at writing papers and you'll likely make a low grade no matter how much time you spend working on it. Identify and define the defense mechanisms that are being used by you and your roommate. Include in your discussion the purpose of defense mechanisms.