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Defense Mechanisms
Term | Definition |
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Repression | pushng a painful event or thought out conciousness and into the unconcious |
Denial | Rejecting truth or fact |
Rationalization | explaning away a problem so we dont have to accpet the blame |
Displacement | venting feelings onto something or someone else, other than the true target |
Regression | A move backwards in behavior. ie; childish behavior. Ex: temper tantrumns. |
Projection | Projecting your own thoughts onto someone else. |
Reaction formation | Expressing the opposite of what we are truly feeling. Ex: 'mike? that kid is an idiot!' when you truly like Mike a lot |
Sublimation | Channeling our emotional energy into constructive or creative activities. |