Defense Mechanisms

12 cards·by Mrjay22

Placing UNWANTED/UNPLEASANT FEELINGS onto someone LESS THREATENING or Innocent

Displacement

Taking your emotions and PLACING IT ONTO OTHERS. Can be positive or negative emotions

Projection

to INCORPORATE someone else's emotions into ONE's OWN SELF

Introjection

When a client has an emotion yet Identifies others as having "their" feelings when that personDOES NOT DEMONSTRATE THOSE EMOTIONS

Projective Identification

When a client identifies a person as either ALL GOOD or ALL BAD

Splitting

MAKING EXCUSES & /or JUSTIFYING actions to avoid unwanted feelings

Rationalization

REFUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE what has, is, or will happen

Denial

PUTTING painful thoughts & MEMORIES AWAY & FORGETTING THEM

Repression/Suppression

A healthy redirection of an emotion

Sublimation

TURNING PAINful feelings into the OPPOSITE

Reaction-Formation

TAKING BACK unwanted behaviors THROUGH PRAISES/GIFTS

Undoing

EXPRESSING NO EMOTIONALITY when confronted with a difficult events. NO EMOTION DURING CRISIS

Isolation of Affect