ego disorders Flashcards
CONSCIOUS attempt to stop thinking about negative things (stop thinking about upcoming doctors appt)
suppression
unacceptable impulses or feelings are consciously transformed into socially acceptable norms (anxiety about test and transform stress into exercise)
sublimation
expression of amusing thoughts despite negative or unacceptable environment (joke about diseases)
humor
providing positive service to others that brings pleasure and personal satisfaction
altruism
believing person or thing is all good or bad (seen in borderline personality disorder)
splitting
UNCONSCIOUS withholding of unacceptable feelings or memories (not remembering child abuse)
repression
returning to an earlier stage of development rather than dealing with an unacceptable emotion or thought (wet bed after stressful event)
regression
taking unacceptable thoughts or impulses and attempting to overexaggerate the opposite action (avoid addiction by entering monostary)
reaction formation
convincing self that no wrong has been done (I didn’t get job, but didn’t want it in first place)
rationalization
primitive form of paranoia
patient reduces anxiety by taking unacceptable thoughts and believing that someone else has those thoughts (project racism on someone else so don’t deal with it yourself)
projection
separation of feeling from threatening thoughts or events (describe violent event with no emotional response - physician)
isolation
another person’s attributes “be like another” (because of their power - change hair)
identification
partially remaining at childish level of development (mother relationship)
fixation
mind substitutes a new aim/object for something that is undesirable (yell at kids because boss yelled at you)
displacement
denying reality of unpleasant fact (cancer diagnosis -mistake was made)
not acknowledging
denial
