Psychological Defense Mechanism Examples
Denial: "I refuse to believe this! This can't be happening! That's not true!
Repression: "I don't recall doing any of that."
Suppression: "I'm gonna forget that any of this ever took place."
Displacement: "I'm mad at you! But instead of taking my hostile feelings out on you, I'm gonna destroy your car, instead!"
Regression: "If I don't get what I want, I'll scream!"
Sublimation: "I'm gonna go for a walk to shed some of this anger."
Rationalization: "Maybe no one would mind if I just took one cookie. Besides, it's not like anyone's counting how many are in the jar."
Projection: "You'll never ammount to anything, because I never ammounted to anything!"
Intellectualization: "It was the only thing I could think of to solve the problem."
Reaction Formation: "I hate you with a passion!" (And yet, I respect you)
Repression: "I don't recall doing any of that."
Suppression: "I'm gonna forget that any of this ever took place."
Displacement: "I'm mad at you! But instead of taking my hostile feelings out on you, I'm gonna destroy your car, instead!"
Regression: "If I don't get what I want, I'll scream!"
Sublimation: "I'm gonna go for a walk to shed some of this anger."
Rationalization: "Maybe no one would mind if I just took one cookie. Besides, it's not like anyone's counting how many are in the jar."
Projection: "You'll never ammount to anything, because I never ammounted to anything!"
Intellectualization: "It was the only thing I could think of to solve the problem."
Reaction Formation: "I hate you with a passion!" (And yet, I respect you)
36-40, M
