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CSU Freud Defense Mechanisms

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Displacement   Taking out impulses on a less threatening target   Slamming a door instead of hitting as person or yelling at a child when angry with an adult  
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Intellectualization   Avoiding unacceptable emotions by focusing on the intellectual aspects   Focusing on the details of a funeral as opposed to the sadness and grief  
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Projection   Placing unacceptable impulses in yourself onto someone else   When losing an argument, a person feels stupid, and to cope with this, calls the other person "stupid."  
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Rationalization   Supplying a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason   Stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up the the boss  
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Reaction formation   Taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety   A person who is angry with a colleague actually ends up being particularly courteous and friendly towards them  
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Regression   Returning to a previous stage of development   Sitting in a corner and crying after hearing bad news; throwing a temper tantrum when you don't get your way  
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Repression   Pulling painful thoughts or memories into the unconscious   Forgetting sexual abuse from your childhood due to the trauma and anxiety  
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Sublimation   Acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way (a mature response)   Channeling your aggressive impulses toward a career as a boxer; lifting weights to release 'pent up' energy  
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Suppression   A conscious choice not dwell on painful for troubling thoughts   Making a point of not worrying about tomorrows test when playing reading your child a bedtime story  
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Somatization   The transformation of negative feelings towards others into pain or illness   Developing a stomach ache before work on the first day of a new job  
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Altruism   Constructive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction (a mature response)    
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Hypochondriasis   An excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness.   Due to anxietey about an impeneding divorce, an individual begins to fear he/she has cancer  
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Intellectualization   A form of isolation; concentrating on the intellectual components of a situation so as to distance oneself from the associated anxiety-provoking emotions; separation of emotion from ideas;    
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Humor   Pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation (not laughing AT others) (a mature response)    
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Denial   Dealing with anxiety provoking information or situation by stating that it doesn't exist   insisting that your physician's diagnosis of cancer is incorrect and seeking a second opinion, then a third...  
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