defense mechanisms
Across
- 6. some thoughts or feelings you have about another person may make you uncomfortable
- 7. To refuse to communicate or express emotions
- 8. Directing strong emotions toward a person or object that doesn't feel threatening
- 9. people may unconsciously choose to hide them in hopes of forgetting them entirely.
- 11. To deal with something difficult
Down
- 1. to explain undesirable behaviors with their own set of "facts"
- 2. Separating life into independent sections, may feel like a way to protect
- 3. to recognize how you feel, but choosing to behave in the opposite manner.
- 4. Refuse to accept reality or facts.
- 5. removing all emotions and focusing on the facts
- 10. "escaping" to an earlier stage of development