Defence Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 2. going back to a childish way of behaving
  2. 3. directing emotion away from object/person who caused it to a substitute that is less threatening
  3. 5. thinking/feeling/behaving in the opposite way
  4. 8. attempting to cover up a weakness by emphasising a strength
  5. 9. channelling unacceptable thoughts/impulses/wishes in a socially accepted way
  6. 10. refusing to believe something that may cause anxiety
Down
  1. 1. shifting unwanted thoughts/feelings/short comings onto someone else
  2. 2. making up a socially acceptable explanation to justify thoughts/feelings/behaviour
  3. 4. Ignoring emotions by talking about things in a cold way
  4. 6. fulfilling unconscious wishes/impulses by imagining them in activities
  5. 7. preventing unacceptable thoughts/feelings entering conscious awareness