Defense Mechanisms That Are Bad For Your Relationship
Truth inversion
If your partner is just no good—he doesn’t treat you well, he doesn’t take an interest in your job, friends or family, and he takes advantage of you—that can be a painful truth to face. So, instead, you invert the truth. You praise him for the tiniest things he does—like put the toilet seat back down—to delude yourself into believing he is the best partner in the world.