I answered the question wrong. I do everything wrong.
What is OVERGENERALIZATION
100
Thinking people don't like you, so that you can have an excuse to blow up or be angry.
What is assuming
100
Protecting self from unpleasant reality
What is Denial
100
Discharging pent up feelings, usually of hostility, onto less threatening subjects. (We get yelled at during work, go home and kick our pet.)
What is Displacement
200
I couldn't do it because he got in my way.
What is Blaming
200
Believing that you are special and there is no one else like you. Believing that no one else understands because they didn't go through exactly what you did.
What is "I'm Unique"
200
Gratifying frustrated desires by imaginary achievement.
What is fantasy
200
Reducing ego involvement and withdrawal into passivity to protect self from hurt.
What is Emotional Insulation
300
A way of explaining the reason for something you do. "I was so lonely I had to drink."
What is Justifying
300
"I only took a few shots. Not nearly as many as I used to take."
What is Minimizing
300
Proving one's behavior is justifiable, and worthy of approval
What is Rationalization
300
When bright people use logic to avoid connecting up with their feelings.
What is Intellectualization
400
Types include: Commission, Omission, assent
What is Lying.
400
Thinking only in extremes. This way or that way. Nothing in between.
What is Fragmented Personality, or Black and White thinking
400
Preventing painful/dangerous thoughts from entering our consciousness.
What is Repression.
400
Reducing anxiety aroused by forbidden desires by permitting their expressions.
What is acting out.
500
Shifting the focus of an issue to avoid solving a problem.
What is Redefining.
500
"I more or less think so." "I guess, probably, maybe, possibly."
What is Vagueness
500
Placing blame on others, attributing our own desires onto others.
What is Projection
500
Covering up weakness by emphasizing desirable traits or making up for frustrations in one area by over gratification in another area.