Defense Mechanisms

6. making up for a weakness in one area by excelling in another
7. refusal to accept reality or facts, usually because reality is too painful or unacceptable
8. reverting back to childlike behavior during stress
9. replacing an unwanted emotion or feeling with its opposite
11. justifying mistakes with false facts or logic

1. removing emotion from a painful situation by focusing on logic or facts
2. converting unacceptable impulses to more acceptable outlets
3. redirecting you own emotions to a safer more acceptable target; taking feelings out on others
4. pushing painful emotions into the unconscious. People are not aware of this but the emotions still effects the behavior
5. a deliberate choice to not think about something
10. when you put your own unwanted feelings on to someone else