Ego Defense Mechanisms
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Displacement
transferring feelings to another situation or person
reaction formation
exhibiting opposite behavior to disguise underlying feelings
undoing
acting in a way that makes up for another behavior
projection
assigning blame to others
denial
rejecting truth and reality
regression
exhibiting behavior seen at an earlier stage of development
identification
adopts traits of another person
compensation
focuses intensely on strengths to make inadequacies seem diminished
intellectualization
using logic and thinking to avoid emotions
introjection
adopting beliefs of another
isolation
separating emotions from thoughts or memories
rationalization
creating logical, but false, excuses for behavior
repression
mind blocks painful memories and unacceptable thoughts and feelings (unconscious)
sublimation
unacceptable impulses redirected into socially acceptable outlets (art, work, creativity)
suppression
consciously pushing away distressing thoughts and feeling
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