Defense Mechanisms Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• disassociation : a short-lived gap in consciousness in response to anxiety and stress.
• denial : refusal to acknowledge certain facts about a particular situation.
• sublimation : substituting mature and socially acceptable activities for immature or unacceptable impulses.
• projection : used to protect one's self-concept by refusing to acknowledge threatening traits in themselves, seeing them in others instead.
• regression : displaying age-inappropriate behavior, moving back to an early developmental stage and adopting immature patterns of behavior.
• suppression : the conscious effort to avoid certain thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
• compensation : an attempt to make up for what one considers to be their flaws or shortcomings.
• avoidance : to avoid situations that increase anxiety or feelings of unease.
• repression : displayed when memories, feelings, or thoughts are no longer consciously accessible.
• conversion : the transformation of psychological pain or distress into a physiological impairment, typically of sensory or motor symptoms.
• displacement : changing the original target of a particular impulse to another similar target.
• identification : taking on the characteristics of another person or group.
• rationalization : justifying illogical or unreasonable ideas, actions, or feelings.
• splitting : when individuals are considered either only good or only bad, but never a mix of both.
• undoing : when individuals ruminate on previous events, replaying and reimagining them as a way to change what happened.