Sigmund Freud's Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 3. Refusal to accept something that makes you anxious.
  2. 4. Subconsciously pushing thoughts of stress or anxiety down so you don't have to think about them.
  3. 6. Returning to a younger, less mature, state of mind when in distress.
Down
  1. 1. Taking out negative feelings towards one person or thing on another, such as anger at your parents taken out on a sibling.
  2. 2. Making acceptable excuses for behaviors that make us anxious.
  3. 5. Putting our own negative thoughts and feelings onto other people if we can't deal with them.
  4. 7. Taking negative emotions and channeling them into something productive