Defense Mechanisms

ACTINGOUT
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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ACTINGOUT  49se
AFFILIATION  153sw
ALTRUISM  122sw
ANTICIPATION  2019n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  2019nw
AUTISTICFANTASY  2019w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  41e
DENIAL  36n
DEVALUATION  818ne
DISPLACEMENT  36se
DISSOCIATION  1516nw
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  11s
HUMOR  132se
IDEALIZATION  416n
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220e
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  1918n
PROJECTIVEIDENT  1918w
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  315n
RATIONALIZATION  22s
REACTIONFORMATION  182sw
REPRESSION  151sw
SELFASSERTION  195sw
SELFOBSERVATION  1916nw
SPLITTING  112se
SUBLIMATION  81se
SUPPRESSION  83se
UNDOING  1315ne