Mental Health Defense Mechanisms
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
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| show | Unconscious refusal to see reality
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| Repression | show 🗑
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| show | Painful events are separated from the conscious mind; An out of body experience
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| Rationalization | show 🗑
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| show | Making up for something we perceive as an inadequacy by developing some other desirable trait
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| Reaction Formation (Overcompensation) | show 🗑
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| show | Emotionally returning to an earlier time in life when there was far less stress or when the person felt safe
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| Sublimation | show 🗑
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| show | Blaming others; a mental or verbal "finger-pointing" at another for the problem
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| Displacement (transference) | show 🗑
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| show | Makes amends for a behavior one thinks is unacceptable; makes an attempt at reducing guilt
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| show | Anxiety is channeled into physical symptoms; the symptoms disappear soon after the threat is over
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| show | Unconsciously staying away from events or situations that might open feelings of aggression or anxiety
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