The patient develops an inability to swallow after many years of emotional abuse.The physicians can find no medical reason for the patient's dysphagia.Which ego-defense mechanism is used by the patient?

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Conversion is unconsciously repressing an anxiety-producing emotional conflict and transforming it into nonorganic symptoms (e.g.,difficulty sleeping,loss of appetite).Compensation is making up for a deficiency in one aspect of self-image by strongly emphasizing a feature considered an asset.Dissociation is experiencing a subjective sense of numbing and a reduced awareness of one's surroundings.Displacement is the practice of taking out stressful feelings on someone or something else than the cause.

The Patient Develops an Inability to Swallow After Many Years