When Pablo's father died after a long illness, Pablo shielded himself from this emotional pain by thinking about how his father was now out of the pain that he had been in for over two years and how his father had lived such a long and meaningful life. Pablo is using the defense mechanism known as
A)compensation.
B)rationalization.
C)fantasy.
D)intellectualization.

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Pablo is using intellectualization, which involves focusing on the intellectual aspects of a situation to distance oneself from the emotional impact.

When Pablo's Father Died After a Long Illness, Pablo Shielded