Defense Mechanisms

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Across
  1. 1. Casting the feelings you have onto another person; blaming another person for the feelings you have
  2. 4. Refusing to accept an obvious situation because of the emotional pain it causes
  3. 6. Unconsciously forgetting information that is too painful to recall
  4. 8. Making logical excuses for illogical behavior
  5. 9. Using exercise or physical activity as a substitute for sexual energies
  6. 10. Describing painful or emotional personal events in academic or philosophical terms
  7. 11. Taking out one“s anger or frustration on a person or object that is not the cause of the offense
Down
  1. 2. Associating with people or groups that are of higher status in order to increase your own status
  2. 3. Emphasizing personal strengths in one area to shift focus from failure in another area
  3. 5. Reverting to childlike behavior to get the attention you got when you were younger or to get your way
  4. 7. Formation Replacing feelings that are socially or personally unacceptable with emotions that are acceptable