Definitions
Complete rejection of the reality, thought or feeling?
What is Denial?
Worried about what his parents, coach, and teammates would think that he could not play in the big Thanksgiving football game, Frank, a senior in high school, threw a big temper tantrum when his administrator told him he was a student not in good standing.
What is Regression?
Forgetting abuse from your childhood due to the trauma and anxiety
What is Repression?
Taylor Swift - Never Grow Up So here I am in my new apartment In a big city, they just dropped me off It's so much colder than I thought it would be So I tucked myself in and turned my nightlight on. I wish I'd never grown up.
What is Regression
When hatred becomes love or feelings of inadequacy become bravado.
What is Reaction Formation?
After receiving a rejection letter from a college, Jan starts an argument with her best friend.
What is Displacement?
Bertha got angry because she found out someone was gossiping about her, so she broke a chair against a wall instead of verbally expressing her anger.
What is Acting Out?
Carrie Underwood - Before He Cheats That I dug my key into the side of his pretty little souped up 4 wheel drive carved my name into his leather seats I took a Louisville slugger to both headlights Slashed a hole in all 4 tires..... Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats
What is Rationalization?
Redirecting feelings to a less threatening target
What is Displacement?
Mark's father recently passed away from lung cancer. While he knows he should give up smoking, he deals with his 3 pack/day cigarette habit by claiming "I'll probably die from an accident before cancer gets me."
What is Denial?
*Daily Double* if you can identify all 3 defense mechanisms in the following scenario.
Sally has been struggling recently in ED treatment and had a relapse in behaviors. Her team decides not to approve her full weekend pass. Sally tells herself, "They just don't like me and don't want me to be able to enjoy a weekend off, that's why they denied my pass."
Sally then goes back into the milieu and starts an argument with a peer, telling them they are not recovery-focused and need to start taking accountability for their behavior use.
What is Rationalization, Displacement, and Projection?
Eric Clapton- Before You Accuse Me
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I'm spending my money on other women
You taking money from someone else
Come on back home baby, try my love one more time
What is Projection?
Returning to earlier or less mature anxiety reducing behavior.
What is Regression?
When her husband passed away, Christine engrossed herself in all the details of the funeral arrangements as opposed to the sadness and the grief.
What is Intellectualization?
Stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up to the boss, when the real reason was your poor performance.
What is Rationalization?
Justin Bieber- Is it too late now to say Sorry
I know you know that I made those mistakes maybe once or twice
By once or twice I mean maybe a couple of hundred times
So let me, oh let me redeem, oh redeem, oh myself tonight
'Cause I just need one more shot at second chances
What is Undoing?
Attributing your own unfavorable thoughts and traits to others.
What is Projection?
On a job interview to become a daycare teacher, Katy admits she is not Infant CPR certified but is great with kids and loves to create activities.
What is Compensation?
John is a local pastor who preaches about loyalty and conservative family values. He does not address the fact that he is having an extramarital affair himself.
What is Compartmentalization?
Katy Perry- Roar
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything
You held me down, but I got up (hey!)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, your hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up
Get ready 'cause I had enough
What is Assertiveness?