Whenever Helen gets angry, she works off this anger and bad feelings by cooking and freezing lots of casseroles. Freud would say that Helen is taking her unacceptable and non-productive anger and channeling it in to something productive and socially acceptable by using the defense mechanism called:

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Sublimation is a defense mechanism proposed by Freud in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse. In Helen's case, her anger (an unacceptable impulse) is being transformed into the productive and socially acceptable act of cooking and freezing casseroles.

Whenever Helen Gets Angry, She Works Off This Anger and Bad