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| the action or process of suppressing a feeling, thought or desire so that it remains unconscious. The key to repression is that people do it unconsciously, so they often have very little control over it. |
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| the converting of unwanted or dangerous thoughts, feelings or impulses into their opposites. |
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| the attribution of a person’s undesired thoughts, feelings or impulses onto another person. Projection is used especially when the thoughts are considered unacceptable for the person to express, or they feel completely ill at ease with having them. |
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| the reversion to an earlier stage of development in the face of unacceptable thoughts or impulses. |
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| the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. It is considered one of the most primitive of the defense mechanisms because it is characteristic of early childhood development. |
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| the redirecting of thoughts feelings and impulses directed at one person or object, but taken out upon another person or object. |
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| the overemphasis on thinking when confronted with an unacceptable impulse, situation or behavior without employing any emotions whatsoever to help mediate and place the thoughts into an emotional, human context. |
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| putting something into a different light or offering a different explanation for one’s perceptions or behaviors in the face of a changing reality. |
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| the attempt to take back an unconscious behavior or thought that is unacceptable or hurtful. By “undoing” the previous action, the person is attempting to counteract the damage done by the original comment, hoping the two will balance one another out. |
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| a process of psychologically counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strength in other arenas. |
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| the channeling of unacceptable impulses, thoughts and emotions into more acceptable ones. |
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| the individual copes with stress by engaging in actions rather than reflecting upon internal feelings |
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| Satisfying internal needs through helping others |
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| Pointing out the funny or ironic aspects of a situation |
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| Breaking off part of memory, consciousness, or perception of self or the environment to avoid a problem situation |
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| Lesser form of dissociation. Parts of self are separated from awareness of other parts and behaving as if one had separate sets of values |
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| Conscious exclusion of unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the mind. |
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| explain the coexistence within the ego of contradictory states, representative of self and others, as well as attitudes to self and others; other individuals or the self is perceived as "All good or all bad. |
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| Projective Identification |
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| falsely attributing to another his or her own unacceptable feelings, impulses, or thoughts; Not infrequently, the individual induces the very feelings in others that were first mistakenly believed to be there, making it difficult to clarify who did what to whom first. |
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| The splitting-off of the emotional components from a thought. |
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| he individual deals with emotional conflict or internal or external stressors by attributing exaggerated negative qualities to self or others. |
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| the effort to avoid dealing with a stressor |
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| Overestimation of the desirable qualities and underestimation of the limitations of a desired object. |
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| Similar to introjection, but of less intensity and completeness. The unconscious modeling of one's self upon another person |
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| the aggression and hostility that is felt towards another person is redirected towards the self |
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