1. | Changing an emotion into a physical symptoms | A. | displacement | |
2. | Reverting or moving back to earlier behaviours | B. | reaction formation | |
3. | Acting in a way that is opposite to what one feels | C. | regression | |
4. | Assigning one’s feelings to someone or something else | D. | rationalization | |
5. | Refusing to accept an unpleasant or threatening reality | E. | repression | |
6. | Keeping unpleasant or painful thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind | F. | denial | |
7. | Making excuses for one’s behaviour or a situation while ignoring the real reason | G. | conversion | |
8. | Directing emotions toward a person or thing that seems safe instead of toward the person or thing that is the source of the emotions | H. | projection |
G | 1. | Changing an emotion into a physical symptoms | A. | displacement |
C | 2. | Reverting or moving back to earlier behaviours | B. | reaction formation |
B | 3. | Acting in a way that is opposite to what one feels | C. | regression |
H | 4. | Assigning one’s feelings to someone or something else | D. | rationalization |
F | 5. | Refusing to accept an unpleasant or threatening reality | E. | repression |
E | 6. | Keeping unpleasant or painful thoughts or experiences from the conscious mind | F. | denial |
D | 7. | Making excuses for one’s behaviour or a situation while ignoring the real reason | G. | conversion |
A | 8. | Directing emotions toward a person or thing that seems safe instead of toward the person or thing that is the source of the emotions | H. | projection |