A young adult explaining they had to drive home from a party after drinking alcohol because they had to feed the dog
A child observes their parent being abusive toward the other parent and then becomes a bully at school
A person caring for an aging parent becomes overprotective and restricts their freedoms
A person who is angry about losing their job destroys their child’s car
A married client is attracted to another person and accuses them
A person who lost their job states they will worry about paying their bills next week
A person who has a disagreement with a co-worker begins throwing things on the unit
A person learning they have a terminal illness focusing on creating a will and financial matters rather than acknowledging their own grief
A parent is informed their child was killed in combat tells everyone a month later their child is coming home for the holidays
A person buys their significant other flowers and gifts after an incident of partner abuse
A person experiences deafness after their partner tells them they want a divorce
A person forgetting who they are following a sexual assault
A person who is shy learns computer skills to avoid socialization
A person who has a fear of the dentist continually forgets to go to their dentist appointments
A client could tell a nurse they are the only one who cares about them, yet the following day, the client refuses to talk to that nurse
Projection
Repression
Conversion
Intellectualization
Reaction Formation
Suppression
Regression
Splitting
Undoing
Rationalization
Compensation
Dissociation
Denial
Identification
Displacement
