The patient concentrates on the mind-numbing details of the spouse's funeral to delay dealing with the overwhelming pain of the loss.Which ego-defense mechanism is used by the patient?

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Dissociation is experiencing a subjective sense of numbing and a reduced awareness of one's surroundings.The patient is demonstrating dissociation by immersion in the mind-numbing details of funeral planning.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.Reimbursement is not an ego-defense mechanism.

The Patient Concentrates on the Mind-Numbing Details of the Spouse's