Horney before amended her list of defense against basic anxiety, she has identified four general ways describing how people protect themselves against the feeling of being alone in a hostile world. They are affection, submissiveness, power (prestige or possession), and withdrawal.
Affection: It is the search for love, but it’s not always a pure and authentic love. Sometimes people try to buy love with self-effacing compliance, material things, or sexual favors.
Submissiveness: Neurotics submit themselves to people or institutions like a religion or an organization.
Power, prestige, or possession: Power is the defense used against those who use real or imagined hostility and “takes the form of a tendency to dominate others”. Prestige is
Affection: It is the search for love, but it’s not always a pure and authentic love. Sometimes people try to buy love with self-effacing compliance, material things, or sexual favors.
Submissiveness: Neurotics submit themselves to people or institutions like a religion or an organization.
Power, prestige, or possession: Power is the defense used against those who use real or imagined hostility and “takes the form of a tendency to dominate others”. Prestige is