Geoffrey is a clinical psychologist who is separated from his wife and is in the process of filing for divorce. whenever his friends or colleagues ask geoffrey to talk about it or attempt to cheer him up, he focuses on the statistical evidence about the likelihood of divorce, clinical experience he has had, and anything but his emotions and the pain of the marriage ending. freud would say that geoffrey is displaying a living, breathing example of

intellectualization

Explanation:

According to psychologist intellectualization is our defense mechanism under which we try to find reasonable or rational explanation for our situation that will prevent us from actual dealing with that particular situation. This result to emotional stress as we try to not feel certain emotions that we are supposed to go through in order to heal from that particular situation.

It may work in some cases so that we don't dwell on them but some situations may require that a person tackles them and experience all the emotions associated with it.

texas governor sam houston opposed secession, but was unable to prevent it. in this speech, given prior to lincoln's election, he presents the argument that slavery would be safer within the united states than outside of it. it was a prescient argument, and one held by several other southern leaders.

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