Across
- 3. Expressing the opposite of what one is actually feeling or desiring in order to keep true feelings unconscious.
- 5. Redirecting emotional impulses from a threatening target to a safer substitute target.
- 8. Reverting to earlier, less mature patterns of behavior when faced with stress or anxiety.
- 9. Adopting the characteristics or behaviors of another person to cope with feelings of inadequacy or anxiety.
- 11. Attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts, feelings, or motives to another person.
Down
- 1. Creating logical explanations or excuses to justify behaviors or feelings and avoid guilt or responsibility.
- 2. Covering up real or perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strengths in other areas.
- 4. Involuntarily blocking or excluding distressing thoughts, feelings, or memories from conscious awareness.
- 6. Channeling socially unacceptable impulses or drives into socially acceptable and constructive activities.
- 7. Taking in the values, standards, or beliefs of others as if they were one’s own, often to reduce conflict.
- 10. Refusing to acknowledge or accept the reality of a distressing situation or feeling.