1. Defense Mechanisms & Emotions

2. Defense Mechanism Ways of dealing with emotional pain

3. Denial Refusing to recognize an emotion or a problem.

4. Identification Assuming the qualities of someone you admire.

5. Idealization Seeing someone as being perfect

6. Sublimation Directing your energy into a useful rather than an unacceptable goal

7. Compensation Making up for weakness in one area by excelling in another area.

8. Rationalization Making excuses for actions or feelings

9. Projection Putting your own faults onto someone else.

10. Daydreaming Fantasizing to escape unpleasant reality

11. Displacement Transferring emotions from the original source to another.

12. Reaction Formation Behaving in a manner opposite to the way you are feeling.

13. Regression Reverting to immature behavior to express emotions.

16. Emotions

17. Love A deep care or concern for someone

18. Anger Strong feeling of being displeased

19. Hostility Feeling or behaving in an unfriendly way

20. Frustration A feeling of disappointment

21. Fear A scared feeling

22. Anxiety Fear of the future or of the unknown

23. Jealousy Fear of losing something you already have

24. Envy Wanting something someone else has

25. Despair A feeling of complete hopelessness

26. Loneliness Feeling isolated from others

27. Grief Deep feeling of sadness caused by the loss of someone or something

28. Guilt Feeling of having done something wrong