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| Covering up a real or perceived weakness by emphasizing a trait one considers more desirable. |
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| Refusing to acknowledge the existence of a real situation or the feelings associated with it |
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| The transfer of feelings from one target to another that is considered less threatening or that is neutral. |
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| An attempt to increase self-worth by acquiring certain attributes and characteristics of an individual one admires. |
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| An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual processes of logic, reasoning, and analysis |
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| Integrating the beliefs and values of another individual into one's own ego structure |
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| Separating a thought of memory from the feeling, tone, or emotion associated with it |
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| Attributing feelings of impulses unacceptable to one's self to another person |
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| Attempting to make excuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or behaviors. |
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| Preventing unacceptable or undesirable thoughts or behaviors from being expressed by exaggerating opposite thoughts or types of behaviors. |
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| Retreating in response to stress to an earlier level of development and the comfort measures associated with that level of functioning. |
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| Rechanneling of drives or impulses that are personally or socially unacceptable into activities that are constructive. |
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| The voluntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness |
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| Involuntary blocking of unpleasant feelings and experiences from one's awareness |
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| Symbolically negating or canceling out an experience that one finds intolerable. |
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