psyc

Projection

Placing one’s own unacceptable thoughts onto others, as if the thoughts belonged to them and not to oneself.

Displacement

Expressing feelings that would be threatening if directed at the real target onto a less threatening substitute target.

Denial

Refusal to recognize or acknowledge a threatening situation.

Rationalization

Making up acceptable excuses for unacceptable behavior.

Repression

Pushing threatening, or conflicting events or situations out of conscious memory.

Reaction Formation

Forming an emotional reaction or attitude that is the opposite of one’s threatening or unacceptable actual thoughts.

Sublimation

Turning socially unacceptable urges into socially acceptable behavior.