Ways of dealing with emotional pain Denial Refusing to recognize an emotion or a problem.

Ways of dealing with

emotional pain

Refusing to recognize an emotion or a

problem.

Directing your energy into a useful rather than an

unacceptable goal

Sublimation

Transferring emotions from the original source to

another.

Reverting to immature

behavior to express

emotions.

Placing uncomfortable thoughts in an area of our subconscious

memory.

Behaving in a manner opposite to the way you

are feeling.

Making excuses for actions or feelings

Making up for weakness in one area by excelling in

another area.

Putting your faults onto someone else, blamming

them.

Fantasizing to escape

unpleasant reality

Do you know anyonewho has experienced

any of the Defense Mechanisms

we justtalked about?

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A deep care or concern for someone

Strong feeling of being displeased

Feeling or behaving in an unfriendly

way

A feeling of disappointment or

exasperation with a situation

Fear of the future or of the unknown

A scared feeling, to be afraid.

Wanting something someone else has

Fear of losing something you already have

A feeling of complete hopelessness

Feeling isolated from others

Deep feeling of sadness caused by the loss of

someone or something

Feeling of having done something

wrong