üks düsfunktsionaalsetest kaitseolekutest, mida iseloomustab emotsionaalne vältimine ja milles olles inimene eitab tundeid ja probleeme, on emotsionaalselt eraldunud, distantseerunud, tuim või intellektualiseeriv ja üliratsionaalne, a state of emotional avoidance. When in this state, patients deny feelings and problems, are emotionally detached, distant, and numb, or are intellectualized and super-rational, The Detached Protector withdraws psychologically from the pain of the schema by emotionally detaching, abusing substances, self-stimulating, avoiding people, or utilizing other forms of escape. The function of this mode is to cut off emotional needs, disconnect from others, and behave submissively in order to avoid punishment., A mode that ranges from a person being “spacey,” or briefly losing focus in an interaction, to severe dissociation.