Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  85e
AFFILIATION  164w
ALTRUISM  85se
ANTICIPATION  1720nw
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  1720n
AUTISTICFANTASY  1616n
DELUSIONALPROJECT  171w
DENIAL  1815s
DEVALUATION  419e
DISPLACEMENT  57s
DISSOCIATION  57se
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  12s
HUMOR  1117nw
IDEALIZATION  22e
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22s
OMNIPOTENCE  416n
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  2017n
PROJECTION  510se
PROJECTIVEIDENT  220e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  186s
RATIONALIZATION  35s
REACTIONFORMATION  194s
REPRESSION  1513nw
SELFASSERTION  163w
SELFOBSERVATION  23se
SUBLIMATION  59se
SUPPRESSION  1514nw
UNDOING  155s