Acting Out Behaviors
Managing emotional conflicts through actions, rather than self-reflection
Atruism
Dealing with anxiety by reaching out to others
Denial
Pretending the truth in not reality to manage the anxiety of acknowledging what is real
Devaluation
Expressing negative thoughts of self or others
Displacement
Shifting feelings to an object, person, or situation to another less threatening object, person, or situation
Dissociation
Temporarily blocking memories and perceptions from consciousness
Idealization
Expressing extremely positive thoughts of self or others
Intellectualization
A type of rationalization only more intellectualized
Isolation
think" the feeling but don't really feel it
Passive Aggression
Indirectly behaving aggressively but appearing to be compliant
Projection
Blaming others for unacceptable thoughts and feelings
Rationalization
Creating reasonable and acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior
Reaction Formation
Overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite behavior of what is felt
Regression
Reverting to an old, usually immature behavior to ventilate your feelings
Repression
putting unacceptable ideas, thoughts, and emotions out of conscious awareness
Somatization
Developing a physical symptom in place of anxiety
Splitting
Demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of self or others
Sublimation
dealing with unacceptable feelings or impulses by unconsciously substituting acceptable forms of expression
Suppression
Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and feelings
Undoing
Performing an act to make up for prior behavior