Psychological Reactions And Coping Mechanisms

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narcissistic defense mechanisms (3)

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distortion
denial
projection

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reshaping the reality to suit inner needs (hallucinations, wishful delusions)

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distortions

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see things in black and white categories. if performance falls short of perfect, see oneself as a total failure

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all-or-nothing thinking

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see a single negative event as a never ending pattern of defeat

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overgeneralization

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picks out a single negative detail and dwell on it exclusively so that ones vision of all reality becomes darkened

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mental filter

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reject positive experiences by insisting they don't count for some reasons or other; maintain a negative belief that is contradicted by your everyday experiences

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disqualitfying the positive

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you make a negative interpretation even though there are no definite facts that convincingly support your conclusion

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jumping to conclusions

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you arbitrarily conclude that someone is reacting negatively to you and don't bother to check it out

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mind reading

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you anticipate that things will turn out badly and feel convinced that your prediction is an already-established fact

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the fortune teller

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exaggerate the importance of things (such as your good-up or someone else's achievement)

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magnification (catastrophizing)

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inappropriately shrink things until they appear tiny (your own desirable qualities or the other fellow's imperfections)

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magnification (catastrophizing)

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this is also called the binocular trick

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magnification (catastrophizing)

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you assume that your negative emotions necessarily reflect the way things really are: i feel it, therefor eit must be true

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emotional reasoning

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you try to motivate yourself with shoulds and shoulds as if you had to be whipped and punished before you could be expected to do anything

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should statements

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musts and oughts are also offenders

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should statements

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the emotional consequence is guilt. when you direct this toward others, you feel anger, frustrations and resentment

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should statements

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this is an extreme form of overgeneralization. instead of describing your error, you attach a negative label to yourself.

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labeling and mislabeling

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im a loser

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labeling and mislabeling

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when someone else's behavior rubs you the wrong way, you attach a negative labal to him

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labeling and mislabeling

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he's a damn louse

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labeling and mislabeling

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__ invloves describing an event with language that is highly colored and emotionally loaded

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labeling and mislabeling

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you see yourself as the cause of some negative external event for which, in fact, you were not primarily responsible

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personalization

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avoiding the awareness of some painful aspect of reality

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denial

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abolishes reailty

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denial

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categories of denial

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simple denial
minimisation
transference

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deny the existence of the unpleasant fact

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simple denial

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admit reality but deny its seriousness

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minimisation

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admit reality and its gravity but deny responsibility

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transference

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types of denial

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1. denial of fact
2. denial of responsibility
3. denial of impact
4. denial of awareness
5. denial of cycle
6. denial of denial

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someone avoids a fact by lying

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denial of fact

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can take the form of an outright falsehood (commission), leaving out certain details in order to tailor a story (omission), or by falsely agreeing to something (assent, also referred to as yesing behavior)

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denial of fact

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typically lies in order to avoid facts that tey think may be potentially painful to themselves or others

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denial of fact

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involves avoiding personal responsibility by blaming, minimizing or justifying

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denial of responsibility

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is a direct statement shifting culpability and may overlap with denial of fact

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blaming

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is an attempt to make the effects or results of an action appear to be less harmful than they may actually be

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minimizing

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is when someone takes a choice and attempts to make that choice look okay due to their perception of what is right in a situation

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denial of responsibility

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usually attempting to avoid potential harm or pain by shifting attention away from themselves

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denial of responsibility

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avoiding thinking about or understanding the harms their behavior have caused to themselves or others

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denial of impact

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by doing this, that person is able to avoid feeling a sense of guilt and it can prevent that person from developing remorse or empathy for other

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denial of impact

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best discussed by looking at the concept of state dependent learning

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denial of awareness

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will avoid pain and harm by stating they were in a different state of awareness (such as alcohol or drug intoxication or on occasion mental health related)

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denial of awareness

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often overlaps with denial of responsibility

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denial of awareness

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will say things such as "it just happened"

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denial of cycle

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where a person avoids looking at their decisions leading up to an event or does not consider their pattern of decision making and how harmful behavior is repeated

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denial of cycle

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the pain and harm being avoided by this type of denial is more of the effort needed to change the focus from a singular event to looking at preceding events

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denial of cycle

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it can also serve as away to blame or justify behavior

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denial of cycle

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this can be a difficult concept for many people to identify in themselves, but is a major barrier to changing hurtful behaviors

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denial of denial

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involves thoughts, actions and behaviors which bolster confidence that nothing needs to be changed in one's personal behavior

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denial of denial

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this form of denial typically overlaps with all of the other forms of denial, but involves more self-delusion

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denial of denial

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perceive and react to unacceptable behavior as though it is not part of one's personality

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projection

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immature defense mechanism (8)

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acting out
clocking
hypochondriasis
introjection
passive-agressive behavior
regression
schizoid fantasy
somatization

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involves chronically giving in to an impulse to avoid tension

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acting out

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individual continuously act on the desire express (subconsciously emotional conflicts)

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acting out

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make take the form of acting on the impulse of an addiction or in a means designed to garner attention (tanturms, promiscuity)

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acting out

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temporarily inhibit thinking of the unacceptable condition

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blocking

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tension arises when impulse, affect or thought is inhibited

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blocking

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exaggerating an illness to avoid unacceptable condition

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hypochondriasis

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hypochondriasis is transformation of inappropriate feelings towards others into: (3)

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negative feelings toward self
pain
illness and anxiety

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idnetifying with some idea or object so deeply that it becomes part of that individual

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introjection

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incorporate attributes, attitudes or qualities of an absent person of high significance into oneself

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introjection

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expressing aggression towards others indirectly through passivity, masochism and turning against self

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passive-aggressive behavior

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individual has learned to act or behave helpless even when he/she has the power to change unpleasant/harmful circumstances

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learned helplessness

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results from a perceived absence of control over the outcome of situation

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learned helplessness

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deferment of actions or tasks to a later time

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procrastination

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manana habit

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procrastination

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means of coping with anxiety associated with starting/completing any task or decision

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procrastination

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may result in stress, sense of guilt, loss of personal productivity, creation of crisis and disapproval of others

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procrastination

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reversion to an earlier stage of development in response of unacceptable condition

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regression

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thumb sucking or bed wetting, reflects the tendency to gain gratification at a less-developed period

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regression

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indulging to autistic retreat to resolve conflict and obtain gratification

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schizoid fantasy

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global avoidance of interpersonal intimacy

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schizoid fantasy

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converting mental problems into bodily symptoms

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somatization

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psychological problems presents as somatic manifestations

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somatization

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stress can manifests as tension headache

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somatization

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neurotic defense mechanisms (9)

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-displacement
- externalization
-inhibition
-intellectualization
-isolation
-rationalization
-dissociation
-reaction formation
-repression

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shifting emotion from one idea or object to another that resembles the original in some aspects

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displacement

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permits the symbolic representation of the original idea or object that do not evoke stress

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displacement

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scapegoating

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displacement

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perceive the external world and external objects are important elements of one's won personality

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externalization

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believing outside forces are the cause of one's self-destructive behaviors

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externalization

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allows the individual to avoid accepting responsibility for behavior

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externalization

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blaming others

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externalization

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consciously avoiding anxiety arising form conflicting impulses or external forces

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inhibition

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placing limitation upon instinctual demants

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inhibition

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accepting partial or modified fulfillment of desires

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inhibition

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excessively using intellect to avoid expression or experiecing a unacceptable condition

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intellectualization

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emotional distancing from painful event by treating it in an intellectual manner

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intellectualization

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flight into reason

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intellectualization

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splitting the emotional component of an unacceptable behavior

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isolation

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emotion is repressed

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isolation

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one hides the truth

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isolation

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individual does not talk or think about it

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isolation

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post-hoc (after the fact) defense mechanism

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rationalization

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an individual looks for reasons in an attempt to explain/justify unacceptable condition

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rationalization

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dissociation

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temporary but drastic modification in one's character or one's sense of personal identity to avoid emotional stress

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transforming an unacceptable impulse into its opposite

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reaction formation

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inappropriate behavior is replaced by its direct opposite

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reaction formation

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who was the congressman who abused a teenage boy but was a part of group against abuse to children

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mark foley

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__ for engaing in homosexual activities while at the same time preaching against homosexuality as the pastor for a prominent church in colorado springs

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ted haggard

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expel the conscious desire

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repression

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___ not really forgotten' symbolic behavior may still be present

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repression

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exclusion of painful or conflict thought, impulse or memory

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repression

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mature defense mechanisms (5)

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1. altruism
2. anticipation
3. asceticism
4. humor
5. sublimation

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dealing with conflict by dedication to meeting the needs of others

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altruism

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joining charitable institutions to channel unacceptable conditions

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altruism

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realistically anticipating or planning of future discomfort

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anticipation

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deals with emotion by anticipating consequences and considering realistic alternative responses or solutions

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anticipation

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eliminating the pleasureable effect of experience

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asceticism

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refraining from pleasure

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asceticism

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using comedy to express feelings and thought without personal discomfort

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humor

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allows person to tolerate and yet focus on what is too terrible to be experienced

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humor

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attenuating a drive by using the energy in other constructive activities

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sublimation

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allows instinct to be channeled rather than blocked

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sublimation

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psychological reactions to disability (3)

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1. aggression and anger
2. anxiety
3. compensation

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caused by loss of control

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aggression and anger

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not adequately accepting unchageable aspects of reality

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aggression and anger

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stems from fear and a sense of helplessness

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aggression and anger

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feeling of apprehension caused by anticipation of danger

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anxiety

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response to a threat that is unknown, internal, vague, or internal

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anxiety

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prompts a person to take the encessary steps to prevent or lessen its consequences

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anxiety

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overemphasizing on one area of activity to compensate for one area of failure or frustration

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compensation

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process of over-correcting for a handicap or limitation

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compensation

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physically unattractive adolescent becomes an expert dancer

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compensation

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youth with residual muscle damage from poliomyelitis becomes an athlete

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compensation

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demosthenes

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compensation

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suffered from a speech problem but worked at a series of self-designed exercse, he become a prominent political orator

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compensation

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anxiety disorders (3)

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specific phobia
generalized anxiety disorder
PTSD

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PTSD variants (4)

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soldier's heart
shell shock
combat neurosis
operational fatigue