Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
Repression
Forgetting the details of a really bad accident
Denial
Child who’s parents that are divorcing . They might act like they are not upset about it or deny its happening
Suppression
Fears being replaced with happy thoughts
Project
Thinking others hate them
Displacement
Taking out feelings on other people (less threading )
Reaction formation
Being overly nice to someone you hate to hide real feelings
Regression
When confronted by stressful events
Fixation
Oral fixation
Nail biting , drinking , smoking during stressful times
Identification
Taking on characteristics of someone important
Rationalization
I don’t care I didn’t make it I didn’t wanna do it anyway
Isolation
Hide feelings , cold don’t show how they feel
Sublimation
Channeling aggressive tendencies
Compensation
Can’t do physical stuff so works hard to become Somthing big like a doc