Repression- Anxiety is reduces by banishing provoking thoughts (that could reemerge dreams. Regression- Anxiety is reduced by moving back to a previous psycho-sexual stage. Denial- Anxiety is reduced by refusing to admit that something unpleasant has happened. Reaction Formation- Anxiety is reduced by making unacceptable impulses look like opposites. Projection- Anxiety is reduced by attributing threatening impulses to others. Rationalization- Anxiety is reduced by self-explaining things in a way that hides that behavior's actual reason. Displacement- Anxiety is reduced by diverting aggressive feelings to an unacceptable object.
