Across
- 3. taking out one's anger or frustration on a person or object that is not the cause of the offense
- 9. unconsciously forgetting information that is too painful to recall
- 10. associating with people or groups that are of higher status in order to increase your own status
- 11. making logical excuses for illogical behavior
Down
- 1. describing painful or emotional personal events in academic or philosophical terms.
- 2. using exercise or physical activity as a substitute for sexual energies
- 4. casting the feelings you have onto another person; blaming another person for the feelings you have
- 5. reverting to childlike behavior to get the attention you got when you were younger or to get your way
- 6. emphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area
- 7. formation replacing feelings that are socially or personally unacceptable with emotions that are acceptable
- 8. refusing to accept an obvious situation because of the emotional pain it causes