Defense Mechanisms-Anna Freud

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Refusing to acknowledge or recognize the reality and implications of painful, anxiety-provoking experiences

Shifting repressed feelings from where they originate to some other object

Separation or postponement of a feeling that normally would accompany a situation or thought

Form of denial in which the object of attention is presented as "all good" masking true negative feelings toward the other

The unconscious modeling of one's self upon another person's behavior

Refocusing of aggression or emotions evoked from an external force onto one's self

Inability to simultaneously experience the cognitive and affective components of a situation

Intellectualization

Rationalizing and making generalizations about anxiety-provoking issues to minimize pain and anxiety

Attributing a painful thought or idea to another person

Rationalization

Attempting to provide a logical and rational explanation for something to avoid guilt or shame

Reaction Formation

Replacing of some painful or negative event with the complete opposite

Losing of some aspect of development already achieved due to undue anxiety causing a person to revert to a previously-attained stage or lower level of adaptation

Pushing a negative or painful image, thought, or idea out of consciousness to avoid the associated pain. This is the primary defense mechanism

Manifestation of emotional anxiety into physical symptoms

Repressing, dissociating or disconnecting important feelings that are "dangerous" to psychic well-being. Causes person to get out of the touch with her/his feelings and feelings to "fragmented self"

When a person replaces one feeling or emotion for another

Identifying with some idea or object so deeply that it becomes a part of that person

when a persons feigns certain physical and psychological symptoms in order to obtain some external benefit or incentive.

factitious disorder

when a person feigns certain physical and psychological symptoms for her/his internal need or desire to assume the sick role.

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