Anxiety Common Defense Mechanisms Crossword

Attempt to overcome feelings of inferiority or make up for a deficiency
Channeling of unbearable anxieties into body signs and symptoms
Refusal to acknowledge conflict and thus escapes reality of situation
Redirecting of energies to another person or object
Separation of emotions from situation; removal of painful anxieties from conscious awareness
Distortion of unacceptable wishes, behaviors
Taking on of personal characteristics of admired person to conceal own feelings of inadequacy
Focusing of attention on technical or logical aspects of threatening situation
Separation of anxious feelings from content to cope unemotionally with topics that would normally be overwhelming
Putting of one's own unacceptable thoughts, wishes, emotions, onto others
Use of a good reason to explain behavior to make unacceptable motivation more acceptable
Development of conscious attitudes and behavior patterns that are opposite to what one really would like to have
Coping with present conflict, stress by returning to earlier, more secure stage of life
Giving back to resolve guilt feelings
Unconscious channeling of unacceptable behaviors into constructive, more socially approved areas
Suppressing anxiety by replacing inappropriate behavior with one that is more acceptable
Removal of conflict by removing anxiety from consciousness
Use of an unrelated object to represent hidden idea
Inappropriate behavior that is followed by acts to take away or reverse action and decrease guilt and anxiety