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What are defense mechanisms in human communication?

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Rationalization- you give an explaination to something

Minimizing- you say that wasn't important

Externalization- you say it was someone or something else's fault

Intellectualization- try to change the subject by using lengthy or "intellectual" arguements

Projection- projecting your own shortcomings on to another

Displacement-directing your feelings onto another object or person

Undoing- trying to make amends without really meaning it

Regression- returning to less mature behavior ie "he started it!"

Fantasy- going into your own world to escape the problem

Acting-out- acting with no regard for consquences

Passive-agressive- "indirectly and unassertively expressing aggression toward others"

I found these at AllAboutCounseling.com under Defense Mechanisms

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