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