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
SPLITTING
SUBLIMATION
SUPPRESSION
UNDOING

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ACTINGOUT  93e
AFFILIATION  195sw
ALTRUISM  93s
ANTICIPATION  191sw
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  191w
AUTISTICFANTASY  41s
DELUSIONALPROJECT  120n
DENIAL  2010n
DEVALUATION  82s
DISPLACEMENT  61s
DISSOCIATION  713n
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  320ne
HUMOR  1614sw
IDEALIZATION  198sw
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220n
OMNIPOTENCE  620e
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  194s
PROJECTION  1719w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  34s
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  2019n
RATIONALIZATION  51s
REACTIONFORMATION  201sw
REPRESSION  92e
SELFASSERTION  197sw
SELFOBSERVATION  196sw
SPLITTING  1720n
SUBLIMATION  1810sw
SUPPRESSION  1810s
UNDOING  163sw