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Defense Mechanisms
OT 108
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04/28/2011

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Regression
Definition
Returning to an earlier developmental level than previously
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Rationalization
Definition
making excuses for unacceptable behaviors
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Denial
Definition
refusing to believe something that causes anxiety
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Projection
Definition
Believing that an unpleasant feeling of one's own comes from someone else
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conversion
Definition
negative feelings turned into real physical symptoms
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undoing
Definition
reversing the effects of what one has doen by doing the opposite
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idealization
Definition
overestimating a person's qualities or values
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identification
Definition
taking on the characteristics of someone else
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sublimation
Definition
unacceptable wishes channeled into socially acceptable activities
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substitution
Definition
exchanging an unrealistic goal for a realistic one
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compensation
Definition
efforts to make up for deficits
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