Across
- 1. Involuntarily pushing unpleasant thoughts and feelings away
- 4. When we take out our unacceptable feelings on someone that is less threatening than the person or thing that caused the emotions
- 5. Making excuses to explain a situation or behavior, rather than taking responsibility for it
- 7. Assuming the qualities of someone that you admire
- 8. Attributing your own feelings or faults to another person or group
- 9. Fantasizing to escape from an unpleasant reality
- 10. Directing your energy into a useful rather than unacceptable goal
- 11. Unconscious lack of recognition of something that is obvious to others
Down
- 1. childlike behaviors rather than dealing with problems in a mature manner
- 2. Consciously and intentionally pushing unpleasant feelings out of one's mind
- 3. Formation behaving in a manner opposite to the way you are feeling
- 6. Making up for mistakes / weaknesses through gift giving, hard work, extreme efforts.