It is also called alien life, or, if it is a sentient and/or relatively complex individual, an extraterrestrial or alien (or, to avoid confusion with the legal sense of alien , a  space alien ).lthough many scientists expect extraterrestrial life to exist, so far no unambiguous evidence for its existence exists. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as exobiology. The science of astrobiology also considers life on Earth as well, and in the broader astronomical context.
repression - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious. psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology-the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
31 Psychological Defense Mechanisms Explained. A look at common defense mechanisms we employ to protect the ego. In our last article, Defense Mechanisms: Psychological Techniques We Use to Cope With Anxieties, we looked at the way in which the psyche deals with unconscious anxieties.