Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 5. describing painful or emotional personal events in academic or philosophical terms
  2. 6. refusing to accept an obvious situation because of the emotional pain it causes
  3. 8. replacing feelings that are socially or personally unacceptable with emotions that are acceptable
  4. 9. using exercise or physical activity as a substitute for sexual energies
  5. 10. unconsciously forgetting information that is to painful to recall
Down
  1. 1. casting the feelings you have onto another person
  2. 2. making logical excuses for illogical behavior
  3. 3. emphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area
  4. 4. associating with people or groups that are of higher status in order to increase your own status
  5. 7. taking out one's anger or frustration on a person or object that is not the cause of the offense
  6. 8. reverting to childlike behavior to get the attention you got when you were young or to get your way