An adaptation to pain and avoidance of reality is called _______.

• A. Personality disorder
• B. "Double wall" of encapsulation
• C. Characterological model
• D. Psychoanalysis

Answer: (B)

The main idea here is a defensive pattern that people use to cope with pain and to avoid facing painful or threatening reality. The phrase “double wall of encapsulation” describes a two-layer shielding: an inner barrier that keeps distressing emotions out by detaching or numbness, and an outer barrier that distances the person from situations, people, or facts that would force them to confront reality. Together, these two walls allow someone to function on the surface while largely insulating them from the painful truths inside or around them. This kind of adaptation helps reduce immediate anxiety, but it also limits openness, flexibility, and authentic engagement with what’s real.

Other choices refer to broader concepts (a general personality pattern, a therapeutic approach, or a specific theoretical model) rather than a concrete defensive structure, so they don’t capture the specific two-layer shielding described by this term.