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Defense Mechanisms

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rationalization   providing your ego with a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason  
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repression   forgetting a memory in the conscious mind by pulling it into the unconscious  
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denial   refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious  
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projection   to believe that impulses coming from within are really coming from other people  
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reaction formation   replacing an unacceptable feeling or urge with an opposite one  
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regression   going back to an earlier and less mature pattern of behavior  
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displacement   taking out impulses on an easy more accessible or less threatening target  
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sublimation   acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way  
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acting out   the individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by actions rather than reflections or feelings.  
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