| A | B |
|---|
| denial | emotional refusal to acknowledge a person, situation, condition or event the way it actually is |
| displacement | venting of hostility on a person or object, neither of which deserves it |
| fantasy | used to escape from threatening circumstances and emotions |
| projection | attributing motives within oneself to significant others |
| rationalization | making excuses to support addictive behaviors and felt inadequacies of acting and behaving |
| intellectuallization | speaking in generalizations or theoretical terms in an impersonal manner to remove themselves from hurtful feelings |
| minimizing | playing down the seriousness of a situation |
| reaction formation | a defence against perceived threat; distances dependents from true feelings |
| regression | immature, narcissistic behavior intended to manipulate, control and get one's way |
| repression | dealing with threatening and hurtful events by burying them in unconscious memory |
