11 Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 3. Expressing the opposite of what one is actually feeling or desiring in order to keep true feelings unconscious.
  2. 5. Redirecting emotional impulses from a threatening target to a safer substitute target.
  3. 8. Reverting to earlier, less mature patterns of behavior when faced with stress or anxiety.
  4. 9. Adopting the characteristics or behaviors of another person to cope with feelings of inadequacy or anxiety.
  5. 11. Attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.
Down
  1. 1. Creating logical explanations or excuses to justify behaviors or feelings and avoid guilt or responsibility.
  2. 2. Covering up real or perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strengths in other areas.
  3. 4. Involuntarily blocking or excluding distressing thoughts, feelings, or memories from conscious awareness.
  4. 6. Channeling socially unacceptable impulses or drives into socially acceptable and constructive activities.
  5. 7. Taking in the values, standards, or beliefs of others as if they were one’s own, often to reduce conflict.
  6. 10. Refusing to acknowledge or accept the reality of a distressing situation or feeling.