FNP - (1F) Stress & Adaptation

Denial

Negation of reality of threatening situations, despite factual evidence

Projection

Attribution of one’s own thoughts, feelings, or impulses to others

Repression

Unconsious blocking from awareness material that is threatening or painful

Rationalization

Intellectual explaining away of threatening circumstances

Introjection

Incorporating, without examination or thought, the qualities or attitudes of others

Displacement

Transfer of feelings or reactions evoked by one topic or event to another that is less threatening

Reaction formation

Expression of a feeling that is the opposite of one’s authentic feeling or of feelings that would be appropriate in the situation

Regression

Retreat to a previous developmental level

Suppression

Conscious attempt to keep threatening material out of consciousness

Sublimation

Chaneneling of socially unacceptable impulses into socially acceptable activities

Symbolization

Use of an object, idea, or act to express emotion that is not expressed directly