Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 5. emotional conflict as physical symptoms. Conversion Reaction
  2. 8. emotions from the original source to another target. Displacement (transference)– Trying to make amends or “undo” a wrongdoing.
  3. 10. to earlier, childlike behaviors under stress. Regression
  4. 11. up for a weakness by excelling in another area. Compensation
Down
  1. 1. painful thoughts out of conscious awareness. Repression
  2. 2. to accept reality or facts. Denial
  3. 3. your own feelings to someone else. Projection
  4. 4. opposite to your true feelings. Reaction Formation
  5. 6. emotional conflict as physical symptoms. Restitution
  6. 7. excuses to justify behaviors or feelings. Rationalization
  7. 9. a situation or feeling rather than confronting it.