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Occurs when you refuse to accept reality or facts. Avoiding painful feelings or events.
Denial
Some people may attempt to explain undesirable behaviors with their own set of "facts." This allows you to feel comfortable with the choice you made, even if you know on another level it's not right.
Rationalization
Instead of facing unsavory thoughts, painful memories, or irrational beliefs, people may unconsciously choose to hide them in hopes of forgetting them entirely.
Repression
People who rely on this defense mechanism choose to redirect strong emotions or feelings into an object or activity that is appropriate or safe.
Sublimation
Some thoughts or feelings you have about another person may make you uncomfortable. When people __ those feelings, they misattribute them to the other person
Projection
People who use this defense mechanism recognize how they feel, but they choose to behave in the opposite manner of their instincts.
Reaction formation
You direct strong emotions and frustrations toward a person or object that doesn't feel threatening. This allows you to satisfy an impulse to react, but you don't risk significant consequences.
Displacement
Separating your life into independent sectors may feel like a way to protect many elements of it.
Compartmentalization
Some people who feel threatened or anxious may unconsciously "escape" to an earlier stage of development.
Regression
When you're hit with a trying situation, you may choose to remove all emotion from your responses and instead focus on quantitative facts.
Intellectualization