ACS: Defense mechanism - First Aid Flashcards
Defense mechanims are
things you do (coping methods)
Reaction formation
Transfer on drive to opposite expression
Displacement
act out of emotion on someone else
Denial
No feelings (addict)
Repression
Ignore feelings (co dependent)
Regression
act younger
Prjection
give undeisrable trait away “blame game”
Rationalize
excuse the behavior
Transference
transfer emotions toward doctor (parents, lovers etc)
Sublimation
replace socially unacceptable behavior with a mroe accepotable but similar one “make the crime sublime”
Personality Disorder
Things you are. “In Between) neurotics and psychotics. Support therapy is recommended
Narcissim
love selve (me, myself and I)
Avoidant
Feels inadequate, isolates
Paranoid
Believes everyone is out to get them
Phobic
Afraid of a particualr thing, event, etc
Schizotypal
Peculiar dress, magical thinking and beliefs
Passive-Aggressive
Forgets on purpose (disguised anger)
Histrionic
Overly dramatic, victim, seductive, drama queen
Borderline
Lacks primary tinking process, manipulates facts, (on planet/off planet)
Phychotherapy
Analyze underlying issues
Milieu therapy
lifestyle change, vacation, in-patient, halfway house, etc
ECT
used for severe depression
Generalization
many different stimulus lead to the same response, slow exposure