A nurse is interviewing a patient who just received news that he has pancreatic cancer. The patient tells the nurse that getting cancer could never happen to him. Which defense mechanism is this...

A nurse is interviewing a patient who just received news
that he has pancreatic cancer. The patient tells the nurse that
getting cancer could never happen to him. Which defense
mechanism is this patient demonstrating?
a. Projection
b. Denial
c. Displacement
d. Repression