The ego defence of displacement plays a role in scapegoating, in which uncomfortable feelings such as anger and guilt are displaced and projected onto another, often more vulnerable, person or group.

The Scapegoat, by William Holman Hunt. Source: Wikicommons The ego defense of displacement plays an important role in scapegoating, in which uncomfortable feelings such as anger, frustration, envy, ...

Most Sundays I bend at the altar and hold the chalice of wine steady as small hands take the host and dip it into the wine before placing it onto their tongues. Every time I serve a child at the ...

Family scapegoating can cause long-term emotional harm, such as trauma and self-harm. Scapegoats are often chosen based on arbitrary factors like birth order or appearance, and this is never the child ...

Victor Marx is dangerous, not evil. The distinction matters enormously. If you think someone has the wrong ideas, you ...

On Nov. 7, 1938, a young Polish Jew, Herschel Grynszpan, shot a German diplomat, Ernst vom Rath, in France. As a result of this incident, the Nazi Party stoked the anger of the German public. It led ...