Ego Defense Mechanism
Denial—failure to acknowledge thought
Displacement—redirect feelings to more acceptable subject
Projection—attributing your feelings to someone else
Undoing—attempt to erase an act, thought or feeling
Compensation—attempt to overcome shortcoming
Symbolization—less threatening object used to represent another
Substitution—replacing unacceptable or unobtainable object to one that is acceptable or attainable
Introjection—symbolic taking into oneself the characteristics of another
Repression—unacceptable thoughts kept from awareness
Reaction formation—expressing attitude opposite of unconscious wish or fear
Regression—returning to an earlier developmental phase
Dissociation—detachment of painful emotional conflicts from consciousness
Suppression—consciously putting thought out of awareness
