Mental Health And Substance Abuse From Iggy

Front 1

Unconscious forgetting of painful events, i.e., An accident victim can remember nothing about the accident

Back 1

Reppression

Front 2

Unconscious refusal to accept an unacceptable idea or behavior, i.e., An alcoholic does not acknowledge they have a problem

Back 2

Denial

Front 3

Voluntary exclusion of anxiety-provoking thoughts, i.e., "I'll think about that later"

Back 3

Suppression

Front 4

Attempting to make exvcuses or formulate logical reasons to justify unacceptable feelings or begaviors, i.e., " I drink because it's the only way I can deal with my job"

Back 4

Rationalization

Front 5

An attempt to avoid expressing actual emotions associated with a stressful situation by using the intellectual process of logic, reasoning, and analysis, i.e., An individual is told he has a life threatening disease & focuses exclusively on the statistical percentages of recovery.

Back 5

Intellectualization