Defense Mechanisms Flashcards
1
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Repression
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Pushing thoughts or urges out of consciousness down into the unconscious. (Ex; a child who is abused by a parent has no recollection of the events, but was trouble forming relationships.)
2
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Denial
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Refusing to accept the reality of something that makes you anxious.
3
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Projection
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Believing that impulses coming from within are really coming from other people.
4
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Reaction formation
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Replacing an unacceptable feeling or urge with an opposite one.
5
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Displacement
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When you can’t take out your anger on the source of your frustration, so you take it out on a less powerful person or thing.
6
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Sublimation
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Redirecting a forbidden desire into a socially acceptable desire.
7
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Rationalization
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Making up acceptable excuses for behaviors that cause us to feel anxious.
