Defense Mechanisms

4. unconsciously keeping unacceptable feelings out of awareness
7. blocking out painful or anxiety-inducing events or feelings
10. separating an emotion from an idea or thought because the emotional reaction is too painful to be acknowledged
11. symbolic satisfaction of wishes through nonrational thought
12. unacceptable feelings disguised by repression of the real feeling and by reinforcement of the opposite feeling
13. attempting to take back an unconscious thought or behavior that is unacceptable or hurtful

1. discharging pent-up feelings on people less dangerous than those who initially aroused the emotion
2. consciously keeping unacceptable feelings and thoughts out of awareness
3. handling emotional conflicts, or internal or external stressors by a temporary alteration of consciousness or identity
5. attributing one's own unacceptable feelings and thoughts to others
6. unconscious assumption of similarity between oneself and another
8. reverting to an earlier stage of development
9. falsification of experience through the construction of logical or socially approved explanations of behavior
10. acceptance of another's values and opinions as one's own