| 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 |
