Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 1. Involuntarily pushing unpleasant thoughts and feelings away
  2. 4. When we take out our unacceptable feelings on someone that is less threatening than the person or thing that caused the emotions
  3. 5. Making excuses to explain a situation or behavior, rather than taking responsibility for it
  4. 7. Assuming the qualities of someone that you admire
  5. 8. Attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group
  6. 9. Fantasizing to escape from an unpleasant reality
  7. 10. Directing your energy into a useful rather than unacceptable goal
  8. 11. Unconscious lack of recognition of something that is obvious to others
Down
  1. 1. childlike behaviors rather than dealing with problems in a mature manner
  2. 2. Consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind
  3. 3. Formation behaving in a manner opposite to the way you are feeling
  4. 6. Making up for mistakes / weaknesses through gift giving, hard work, extreme efforts.