1. Defense Mechanisms & Emotions

2. 1. Defense Mechanism
An unconscious thought or behavior used to avoid experiencing unpleasant emotions.

3. Refusing to accept reality.
2. Denial
Refusing to accept reality.

4. Blocking out painful thoughts or feelings.
3. Repression
Blocking out painful thoughts or feelings.

5. 4. Idealization
Copying someone you think highly of because you don’t feel good about who you are

6. Redirecting negative impulses into positive behavior.
5. Sublimation
Redirecting negative impulses into positive behavior.

7. Making up for weakness in one area by achieving in another.
6. Compensation
Making up for weakness in one area by achieving in another.

8. Making excuses for or justifying behavior.
7. Rationalization
Making excuses for or justifying behavior.

9. Seeing your own faults or feelings in someone else.
8. Projection
Seeing your own faults or feelings in someone else.

10. 9. Daydreaming
Imagining pleasant things that take your mind off the unpleasant reality.

11. Shifting feelings about one person or situation to another.
10. Displacement
Shifting feelings about one person or situation to another.

12. Behaving in a manner opposite to the way you are feeling
11. Reaction Formation
Behaving in a manner opposite to the way you are feeling

13. Reacting to emotions in a childlike or immature fashion.
12. Regression
Reacting to emotions in a childlike or immature fashion.

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15. Emotions

16. A deep care or concern for someone
13. Love
A deep care or concern for someone

17. Strong feeling of being displeased
14. Anger
Strong feeling of being displeased

18. Feeling or behaving in an unfriendly way
15. Hostility
Feeling or behaving in an unfriendly way

19. A feeling of disappointment
16. Frustration
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A feeling of disappointment

20. A scared feeling, to be afraid.
17. Fear
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A scared feeling, to be afraid.

21. Fear of the future or of the unknown
18. Anxiety
Fear of the future or of the unknown

22. Fear of losing something you already have
19. Jealousy
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Fear of losing something you already have
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23. Wanting something someone else has
20. Envy
Wanting something someone else has

24. A feeling of complete hopelessness
21. Despair
A feeling of complete hopelessness

25. Feeling isolated from others
22. Loneliness
Feeling isolated from others

26. Deep feeling of sadness caused by the loss of someone or something
23. Grief
Deep feeling of sadness caused by the loss of someone or something

27. Feeling of having done something wrong
24. Guilt
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Feeling of having done something wrong
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