Defense Mechanisms

ACTINGOUT
AFFILIATION
ANTICIPATION
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL
AUTISTICFANTASY
DELUSIONALPROJECT
DENIAL
DEVALUATION
DISPLACEMENT
DISSOCIATION
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL
HUMOR
IDEALIZATION
INTELLECTUALIZATION
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT
OMNIPOTENCE
PASSIVEAGGRESSION
PROJECTION
PROJECTIVEIDENT
PSYCHOTICDENIAL
RATIONALIZATION
REACTIONFORMATION
REPRESSION
SELFASSERTION
SELFOBSERVATION
SPLITTING
SUBLIMATION
SUPPRESSION
UNDOING

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ACTINGOUT  156w
AFFILIATION  1518w
ANTICIPATION  1212w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  14e
AUTISTICFANTASY  164s
DELUSIONALPROJECT  195w
DENIAL  617w
DEVALUATION  213e
DISPLACEMENT  195s
DISSOCIATION  186s
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  120e
HUMOR  1619e
IDEALIZATION  37e
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22e
OMNIPOTENCE  158w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  191w
PROJECTION  49e
PROJECTIVEIDENT  43e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  1517w
RATIONALIZATION  1519w
REACTIONFORMATION  2018n
REPRESSION  1011w
SELFASSERTION  114e
SELFOBSERVATION  1516w
SPLITTING  1510w
SUBLIMATION  1716n
SUPPRESSION  415e
UNDOING  110e