Across
- 5. use of logic or reasoning to justify something upsetting that occurred
- 6. retreating into your own imagination to avoid stressful situations or to reach your unattainable goals
- 10. aggression, indirect expression of anger to avoid directly dealing with anger
- 11. the refusal to think about or deal with people, places, or situations that cause anxiety or guilt
- 13. used as a mask to cover up shame and their feeling of inferiority
- 15. blocking out awareness of certain parts of your personality
- 17. out, doing something extreme to express a feeling or thought that is creating intense anxiety
- 18. redirecting of feelings or impulses about one person toward another less-threatening person
- 19. making up for perceived weaknesses in one area by putting more effort and focus into other aspects of your life
- 20. unconsciously keeping feelings, thoughts, or memories out of your awareness
Down
- 1. channeling unacceptable thoughts or impulses into more socially acceptable behaviors
- 2. decreasing the anxiety associated with a situation by pointing out something funny or ironic about it
- 3. reverting to an earlier stage of psychological development
- 4. psychologically removing yourself from your present experience
- 7. conscious blocking of unpleasant thoughts, impulses or memories
- 8. avoidance of feelings in an emotional situation and instead focusing on thoughts and using logic
- 9. formation, acting in a way that is opposite to what you are feeling or thinking
- 12. trying to take back or make up for a behavior, thought, or impulse that you see as hurtful to someone else
- 14. refusal to accept the reality that something painful has happened or is still happening
- 16. taking your own unacceptable feelings or thoughts and putting them on another person as if they belong to them.