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[[Neurotic ]] defenses are procedures developed by the ego which can be considered damaging to [[mental ]] [[life]]. Their function is avoiding the [[anxiety ]] and [[guilt ]] caused by inhibitions connected with [[sexual ]] desires and [[aggressive ]] tendencies. They reveal the complexity and vicissitudes of the [[links ]] between [[affect ]] and [[representation]].In 1896, [[Freud ]] demonstrated that [[defense ]] is the "core" of the neurotic [[psychic ]] [[mechanism]]. This conclusion followed his [[analysis ]] of the neuro-[[psychoses ]] of defense (1894a). In this [[text ]] he linked [[repression ]] to [[hysteria]], and...