Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  121e
AFFILIATION  96e
ALTRUISM  1911w
ANTICIPATION  121w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  116e
AUTISTICFANTASY  116n
DELUSIONALPROJECT  1719w
DENIAL  1310e
DEVALUATION  415e
DISPLACEMENT  23s
DISSOCIATION  417e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  202s
HUMOR  311n
IDEALIZATION  1414w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22e
OMNIPOTENCE  189w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  1912w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  205w
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  410e
RATIONALIZATION  1718w
REACTIONFORMATION  193w
REPRESSION  1213w
SELFASSERTION  1720w
SELFOBSERVATION  57e
SUBLIMATION  74e
SUPPRESSION  198w
UNDOING  1111w