Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  206w
ALTRUISM  113e
ANTICIPATION  717e
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  110e
AUTISTICFANTASY  163w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  21e
DENIAL  84w
DEVALUATION  116n
DISPLACEMENT  129w
DISSOCIATION  1712w
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  185w
HUMOR  199w
IDEALIZATION  814e
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  22e
PROJECTIVEIDENT  1520w
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  174w
RATIONALIZATION  1615w
REACTIONFORMATION  419e
REPRESSION  1013e
SELFASSERTION  1418w
SELFOBSERVATION  1616w
SPLITTING  211e
SUBLIMATION  27e
SUPPRESSION  198w
UNDOING  1111e