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 of _____ in order to protect him against the emotional pain.
A)compensation
B)rationalization
C)fantasy
D)intellectualization

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Pablo is using intellectualization as a defense mechanism by focusing on factual and rational aspects of his father's death rather than his own emotional response. He is rationalizing and finding logical explanations for his feelings.

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