Repression
Blocking thoughts out from conscious awareness
Defense Mechanisms
Used by the ego to help protect the conscious mind
Denial
Not accepting the ego-threatening truth
Regression
Returning to an earlier, comforting form of behavior
Projection
Believing that the feelings one has toward someone else are actually held by the other person and directed at oneself.
Displacement
Redirecting ones feelings toward another person or object
Reaction Formation
Expressing the opposite of how one truly feels.
Sublimation
Channeling ones frustration toward a different and more socially acceptable goal
Rationalization
Coming up with a beneficial result of an undesirable occurrence
Intellectualization
Undertaking an academic, unemotional study of a topic
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