Defense Mechanisms

Psychological Defense Mechanisms

Acting out,

acting in Compartmentalization Compensation,

over-compensation

Denial in fantasy Displacement Dissociation Fantasizing Fixation

Identification
Insulation, emotional
Intellectualization
Internalization
Introjection
Isolation (of affect)
Projection
Rationalization
Reaction formation
Regression

Repression
Resistance
Restitution
Splitting
Sublimation
Substitution
Suppression
Symbolization
Turning against the self
Undoing

Affiliation Altruism
Anticipation
Autistic fantasy Devaluation
Passive aggression
Projective identification
Self-assertion Self-observation
Help-rejecting complaining
Humor
Idealization Omnipotence

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