Across
- 3. Symbolic negation or cancellation of a previous action or experience that one finds intolerable
- 6. The voluntary blockage of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness
- 8. Transference of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or neutral
- 10. The involuntary blockage of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one’s awareness
- 11. Displaying black-and-white thinking by viewing an individual or a situation is completely good or bad, without any nuance between
- 12. The attempt to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors
Down
- 1. An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires
- 2. A temporary disconnect or detachment that disrupts one’s awareness of their surrounding environment, thoughts, emotions, or sense of self
- 4. The act of covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable
- 5. Refusal to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it
- 7. A retreat to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning
- 9. The attribution to another person of feelings or impulses that are unacceptable to one’s self