A little bit about psychological defense

Speaking about the opposition to manipulation, we are talking about psychological defense, which refers to the use by man of methods of weakening or eliminating the psychological damage inflicted on him by others.

One of the first and most ancient methods of defense as such is quite acceptable to consider the flight, as well as escape to shelter and fading. Only after this can we talk about the desire to influence the aggressor, the oncoming attack and some tricks. These variants of protection can still be observed today in most animal species.

Similar methods are also found in the history of relations between people, from prehistoric struggles to modern wars. Here are some analogues with the already voiced options for protection we have:

The flight, as well as its weaker forms, such as retreat or evasion;
masking, which makes it impossible for an attacker to become invisible;
the use of natural and / or the creation of artificial shelters and obstacles on the enemy's way;
Active protection against the attacker's attack, i.e. counterattack;
management of the intentions and / or behavior of the aggressor, including all sorts of tricks and tricks.
Often during the defense from an attack passive actions prevail. This can be explained by the fact that active actions are usually used when the threat comes from another living being. Passive are also relevant in cases of elements and other factors of non-animal origin.