What is Sublimation? (Freudian Defense Mechanism)

This video describes the Freudian defense mechanism of sublimation.
Defense mechanisms, as described by Freud, protect the ego from unconscious drives, thoughts, and impulses that are unacceptable to society, like greed, aggression, and sexual desires. Defense mechanisms keep the unacceptable drives out of conscious awareness. Theoretically, if defense mechanisms operate for too long a time, they can lead to psychopathology or mental health symptoms in general.
Sublimation is considered a mature defense mechanism and it is often thought of as a positive defense mechanism. Many of the defense mechanism are thought of as negative. Sublimation takes the unacceptable urges, impulses, and thoughts that reside in the unconscious mind and converts them into socially acceptable, positive behavior. This is often thought of in terms of career choice. For example, someone with aggressive urges could become an athlete. Someone with unacceptable sexual desires may sublimate that desire into creativity by being an artist. With the defense mechanism of sublimation, there is typically congruence between the unacceptable drive and the career choice.

Видео What is Sublimation? (Freudian Defense Mechanism) канала Dr. Todd Grande