Defense Mechanisms
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| compensation | attempt to overcome feelings of inferiority or make up for deficiency
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| conversion | channeling of unbearable anxieties into body signs and symptoms
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| denial | refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escapes reality
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| displacement | redirecting of energies to another person or object
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| dissociation | separation of emotions from situation; removal of painful anxieties from conscious awareness
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| fantasy | distortion of unacceptable wishes, behaviors
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| identification | taking on of personal characteristics of admired person to conceal own feelings of inadequacy
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| intellectualization | focusing of attention on technical or logical aspects of threatening situation
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| isolation | separation of anxious feelings from content to cope unemotionally with topics that would normally be overwhelming
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| projection | putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, emotions onto others
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| rationalization | use of a "good" (but not real) reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
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| reaction formation | development of conscious attitudes and behavior patterns that are opposite to what one really would like to have
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| regression | coping with present conflict, stress by returning to earlier, more secure stage of life
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| restitution | giving back to resolve guilt feelings
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| sublimation | unconscious channeling of unacceptable behaviors into constructive, more socially approved areas
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| substitution | suppressing anxiety by replacing inappropriate behavior with one that is more acceptable
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| suppression | removal of conflict by removing anxiety from consciousness
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| symbolization | use of an unrelated object to represent hidden idea
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| undoing | inappropriate behavior that is followed by acts to take away or reverse action and decrease guilt and anxiety
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