Freud suggested that defense mechanisms protect an individual from

Freud suggested that defense mechanisms protect an individual from anxiety.

Explanation:

According to Freud, anxiety is defined as a feeling of tension, anguish and discomfort in some way similar to fear but produced by threat or perception of loss of internal control rather than external danger. Defense mechanisms are those unconscious behaviors (mechanisms), by which a person protects himself/herself from those emotions or thoughts that would produce such anxiety or anguish, produced or that could occur when he/she feels emotionally threatened.

if interdependence implies a two-way dependence, and if each partner is equally dependent on the other for success, then there is an equal commitment to the making the partnership successful. the advantage is sustainability of the relationship, the disadvantage is that decisions are "democratic" and therefore may take longer to reach and more likely to be a compromise (which is not always the best solution). as the interdependence moves away from equality, the decisions become more influenced by the more independent partner. in the extreme the relationship becomes more dictatorial and more like "master-slave". generally the relationship has less commitment in both directions and is more likely to be temporary.

if one generalizes (and one shouldn't), equity partnerships, which is probably what is implied by interdependence, can be slow to progress or change but durable. the extreme alternative, independent-dependent partnerships tend to be efficient but more fragile.

hope this but you will have to site your own evidence. : )

they all focused on themes about the inevitability of death.