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  92se
AFFILIATION  212ne
ALTRUISM  310se
ANTICIPATION  162sw
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  191w
AUTISTICFANTASY  21se
DELUSIONALPROJECT  2020n
DENIAL  1913s
DEVALUATION  188sw
DISPLACEMENT  217n
DISSOCIATION  720e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  23se
HUMOR  66nw
IDEALIZATION  142sw
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  1819w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  1819n
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  194s
RATIONALIZATION  119ne
REACTIONFORMATION  119n
REPRESSION  83se
SELFASSERTION  519ne
SELFOBSERVATION  1619nw
SPLITTING  1711sw
SUBLIMATION  74se
SUPPRESSION  38se
UNDOING  714sw