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defense mechinisms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rationalization | providing your ego with a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason |
| repression | forgetting memory in the consious mind by puling into the unconsious |
| denial | refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious |
| projection | placing unacceptable impulse feelings in yourself onto someone else |
| reaction formation | taking the opposite believe because the true belief causes anxioty |
| regression | returinging to a previous state of development or level of maturity |