A | B |
compensation | covering a weakness by overachieving in another area |
daydreaming | escaping from an unpleaseant situation by using your imagination |
denial | failure to accept reality |
displacement | the transfer of negative feelings about someone to someone else |
projection | putting negative feelings on someone else |
rationalization | justifying irrational behaviour |
reaction formation | expressing emotions that are the exact opposite of what you feel |
regression | using childlike ways to expressing emotions like anger or disappointment |
repression | blocking out unpleasant memories |
sublimation | redirecting bad or unacceptable behaviour into positive behaviour |
somatization | coverting emotions into bodily symptoms |