Regression:slipping backinto oldpatterns ofcopingmechanismsIntellectualization:discussingfeelings ratherthan feeling themIsolatingaffect:splittingknowingfrom feelingIntrojection:confusing whatis outside ascoming frominsideDevaluation: anunderestimationof someoneActingOut: adefensiveenactmentWithdrawal: aprotectiveresponse toretreat into adifferent state ofconsciousnessProjection:what is inside ismisunderstoodas coming fromoutsideTurning againstSelf: redirectingnegative affecttowardssomeone elsetowards the selfSublimation:turning internalurges intosociallyacceptableformsReactionFormation:turningsomething intoits oppositeRationalization:creating areason forsomethingundesirableDisplacement:a redirection ofdrive, emotion,behavior fromthe initial objectto anotherSplitting:expressing non-ambivalentattitudes andregards oppositesas disconnectedCompart-mentalization:holding two or moreideas, attitudes, orbehaviors that are inconflict withoutappreciating thecontradictionMoralization:find moralgrounds forbehaviorsRepression:unconsciousforgetting orignoringOmnipotentControl: seeking tocontrol others orbelieving one hascomplete masteryover one'senviornmentProjectiveIdentification:taking oneone'sprojectionDenial:refusal toaccept thatsomething ishappeningDissociation:escaping thebody toprotect fromtraumaSomatization:experiencing aphysicalsensationinstead of anemotionIdealization:an over-estimationof someoneUndoing: anunconscious effortto counterbalancesome affect withan attitude orbehavior that willerase itRegression:slipping backinto oldpatterns ofcopingmechanismsIntellectualization:discussingfeelings ratherthan feeling themIsolatingaffect:splittingknowingfrom feelingIntrojection:confusing whatis outside ascoming frominsideDevaluation: anunderestimationof someoneActingOut: adefensiveenactmentWithdrawal: aprotectiveresponse toretreat into adifferent state ofconsciousnessProjection:what is inside ismisunderstoodas coming fromoutsideTurning againstSelf: redirectingnegative affecttowardssomeone elsetowards the selfSublimation:turning internalurges intosociallyacceptableformsReactionFormation:turningsomething intoits oppositeRationalization:creating areason forsomethingundesirableDisplacement:a redirection ofdrive, emotion,behavior fromthe initial objectto anotherSplitting:expressing non-ambivalentattitudes andregards oppositesas disconnectedCompart-mentalization:holding two or moreideas, attitudes, orbehaviors that are inconflict withoutappreciating thecontradictionMoralization:find moralgrounds forbehaviorsRepression:unconsciousforgetting orignoringOmnipotentControl: seeking tocontrol others orbelieving one hascomplete masteryover one'senviornmentProjectiveIdentification:taking oneone'sprojectionDenial:refusal toaccept thatsomething ishappeningDissociation:escaping thebody toprotect fromtraumaSomatization:experiencing aphysicalsensationinstead of anemotionIdealization:an over-estimationof someoneUndoing: anunconscious effortto counterbalancesome affect withan attitude orbehavior that willerase it

Defensive BINGO - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Regression: slipping back into old patterns of coping mechanisms
  2. Intellectualization: discussing feelings rather than feeling them
  3. Isolating affect: splitting knowing from feeling
  4. Introjection: confusing what is outside as coming from inside
  5. Devaluation: an underestimation of someone
  6. Acting Out: a defensive enactment
  7. Withdrawal: a protective response to retreat into a different state of consciousness
  8. Projection: what is inside is misunderstood as coming from outside
  9. Turning against Self: redirecting negative affect towards someone else towards the self
  10. Sublimation: turning internal urges into socially acceptable forms
  11. Reaction Formation: turning something into its opposite
  12. Rationalization: creating a reason for something undesirable
  13. Displacement: a redirection of drive, emotion, behavior from the initial object to another
  14. Splitting: expressing non-ambivalent attitudes and regards opposites as disconnected
  15. Compart-mentalization: holding two or more ideas, attitudes, or behaviors that are in conflict without appreciating the contradiction
  16. Moralization: find moral grounds for behaviors
  17. Repression: unconscious forgetting or ignoring
  18. Omnipotent Control: seeking to control others or believing one has complete mastery over one's enviornment
  19. Projective Identification: taking one one's projection
  20. Denial: refusal to accept that something is happening
  21. Dissociation: escaping the body to protect from trauma
  22. Somatization: experiencing a physical sensation instead of an emotion
  23. Idealization: an over- estimation of someone
  24. Undoing: an unconscious effort to counterbalance some affect with an attitude or behavior that will erase it