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Repression
Blocking out undesirable ideas, impulses, or memories
Displacement
Transferring your own emotional impulses towards one particular person or object on another person or object
Sublimation
Transferring one’s unacceptable emotions into pursuits or activities that they consider productive
Rationalization
Attempt at justifying one’s behavior through a rational explanation instead of acknowledging one’s true motives or desires
Projection
Attribution of one’s own urges or qualities to others
Reaction Formation
Thinking or behaving in a way that is the complete opposite of their urges or impulses
Denial
Failure to recognize the existence of painful realities
Undoing
Neutralizing or canceling out an unacceptable action or thought with a positive action or thought.
Regression
Returning to a previous behavior
