Defence Mechanisms Flashcards
Repression
Painful feeling being conscious but leaving and coming back from time to time
Denial
Unpleasant reality is ignored
Suppression
Unpleasant feelings are ignored consciously
Projection
The undesirable feelings are attributed to another person
Displacement
Anger to another person or thing due to a bad day exc.
Reaction formation
Involves a factor that is co plenty different
Regression
When confronted with stress people sometimes abandon coping strategies
Fixation
Having problems with drinking smoking live revisiting the event years later
Identification
Taking on the characteristics of someone else
Rationalization
Is an attempt to deny ones true motives by using a reason that is more logical
Isolation
Not reacting an expected way putting it off
Sublimation
Moving aggressive or other tendencies to something else
Compensation
Devoting unusual efforts to achievement
Displacement
Anger to another person or thing due to a bad day exc.
Reaction formation
Involves a factor that is co plenty different
