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Separation from emotions and logical facts when analyzing or coping with a situation or event
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Creating reasonable and acceptable explanations for unacceptable behavior
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The conscious or unconscious assumption of the characteristics of another individual or group
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Shifting feelings related to an object, person, or situation to another less threatening object, person, or situation
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Emphasizing strengths to make up for weaknesses
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A disruption in consciousness, memory, identity or perception of the environment that causes compartmentalization of uncomfortable or unpleasant views of themselves
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Voluntarily denying unpleasant thoughts and feelings
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Attributing unacceptable thoughts and feeling onto another person who doesn’t have them
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The sudden use of childlike or primitive behaviors that do not correlate with the person’s current developmental level
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Responding to stress through the unconscious development of physical manifestations not caused by a physical illness
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Demonstrating an inability to reconcile negative and positive attributes of oneself or others into a cohesive image
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Unacceptable feelings or behaviors are controlled or kept out of awareness by overcompensating or demonstrating; overcompensating or demonstrating the opposite behavior than what is actually felt
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Unconsciously putting acceptable ideas, thoughts, and emotions out of awareness
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Performing an act to make up for prior behavior
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Pretending the truth is not reality to manage unpleasant anxiety-causing thoughts or feelings
