Just Coping!

So a description of what I think my personality is like withheld a small issue. I have a couple of personality defenses which influences the ease with which I am able to develop and maintain relationships. I have unconsciously developed these coping techniques in response to frustrating and difficult relationships and experiences. These techniques help me to defend against upsetting and destructive relationships, while hopefully also allowing healthy relationships to continue. I sometimes use these defenses to gain perspective on my problems. The following are the most evident coping techniques that I use.
I sometimes use Intellectualization to cope with anxiety producing events by retreating into a cognitive analysis of the event, in so doing, creating a sort of insulating distance from the emotions surrounding the event. I may also use Rationalization post-hoc (after the fact) to defend a course of action I have taken. I also love to use Humor to break up negativity, to inject laughter into what is otherwise serious and to force myself to look at a brighter side of my predicaments. Humor simultaneously distracts (allowing distance from seriousness) and instructs.[1]
I need to maintain reasonable relationships as a part of my job and it is a necessary ingredient for a happy and functional lifestyle. Coping techniques, if used properly, helps me maintain an accurate understanding of social reality and enhances my ability to function socially.
[1] Dombeck, Mark Ph.D., Defense Mechanisms. http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=doc&id=4054